Kim Huynh (Canberra Australian National University), Bina D'Costa (Canberra Australian National University), Katrina Lee-Koo (Canberra Australian National University)

Children and Global Conflict

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines how children, armed conflict and the international community interact in the twenty-first century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 520g
• ISBN-13: 9781107626980
• ISBN-10: 1107626986
• Artikelnr.: 41645503

Autorenporträt

Kim Huynh is Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the Australian National University, Canberra. He teaches courses in refugee politics, political philosophy and international relations. He is author of Where the Sea Takes Us (2008), and co-editor with Jim George of The Culture Wars: Australian and American Politics in the 21st Century (2009).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: why children matter to global conflict
1. Children and armed conflict: mapping the terrain, 2. Children and agency: care-takers, free-rangers and everyday life
3. Children and international relations: creating spaces for children
4. The rights of the child: political history, practices and protection
5. Child soldiers: causes, solutions and cultures
6. Child forced migrants: biopolitics, autonomy and ambivalence
7. Children and peacebuilding: propagating peace
8. Children and justice: past crimes, healing and the future
9. Who speaks for children: advocacy, activism and resistance
Conclusion
Appendix.