Contested Childhoods: Growing Up in Migrancy
. Ed(S): Seeberg, Marie Louise; Gozdziak, Elzbieta M.
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Description for Contested Childhoods: Growing Up in Migrancy
Hardback. Editor(s): Seeberg, Marie Louise; Gozdziak, Elzbieta M. Series: IMISCOE Research Series. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSP1; JMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 485.
This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license.
This open access book explores specific migration, governance, and identity processes currently involving children and ideas of childhood. Migrancy as a social space allows majority populations to question the capabilities of migrants, and is a space in which an increasing number of children are growing up. In this space, families, nation-states, civil society, as well as children themselves are central actors engaged in contesting the meaning of childhood. Childhood is a field of conceptual, moral and political contestation, where the ‘battles’ may range from minor tensions and everyday negotiations ... Read more
This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license.
This open access book explores specific migration, governance, and identity processes currently involving children and ideas of childhood. Migrancy as a social space allows majority populations to question the capabilities of migrants, and is a space in which an increasing number of children are growing up. In this space, families, nation-states, civil society, as well as children themselves are central actors engaged in contesting the meaning of childhood. Childhood is a field of conceptual, moral and political contestation, where the ‘battles’ may range from minor tensions and everyday negotiations ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
193
Condition
New
Series
IMISCOE Research Series
Number of Pages
193
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319446080
SKU
V9783319446080
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Reviews for Contested Childhoods: Growing Up in Migrancy
“The book is not only useful to the field of migration studies, but also to the field of childhood studies. … The book’s arguments are well-supported by empirical evidence, and the conceptual framing of ‘contested childhoods’ and ‘growing up in migrancy’ make this a recommended read for both researchers and practitioners.” (Michael Boampong, Global Studies of Childhood, September 21, 2020) ... Read more