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OverviewHowever unthinkable child-soldiers may be within a generalized conception of childhood, they are not imaginary figures; rather, they are a constant in almost every armed conflict around the world. The participation of children in wars may question the idea of childhood as a ""once-upon-a-time story with a happy and predictable ending,"" disrupting the (natural) idea of a protected and innocent childhood and also eliciting fear, uncertainty, revulsion, horror, and sorrow. Using the perspectives of both childhood studies and critical approaches to international relations, Jana Tabak explores the constructions of child-soldiers as ""children at risk"" and, at the same time, risky children. More specifically, The Child and the World aims both to problematize the boundaries that articulate child-soldiers as necessarily deviant and pathological in relation to ""normal"" children and to show how these specific limits participate in the (re)production and promotion of a particular version of the international political order. In this sense, the focus of this work is not on investigating child-soldiers' lives and experiences per se but on their presumed threatening feature as they depart from the protected territory of childhood, disquieting everyday international life. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jana TabakPublisher: University of Georgia Press Imprint: University of Georgia Press Weight: 0.420kg ISBN: 9780820356396ISBN 10: 0820356395 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 30 January 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews"An important discussion centering on the need to understand the diversity of child soldier experience and recognizing the agency of children themselves.--Kate Macfarlane ""Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding""" An important discussion centering on the need to understand the diversity of child soldier experience and recognizing the agency of children themselves.--Kate Macfarlane Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding Author InformationJana Tabak is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of International Relations at Pontifical Catholic University at Rio de Janeiro. In 2012, she was a visiting scholar at the Department of Childhood Studies at Rutgers University. She is the coauthor of International Organizations: History and Practices and Modernity at Risk: Complex Emergencies, Humanitarianism, Sovereignty. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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