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Figuring the Future
. Ed(S): Cole, Jennifer; Durham, Deborah L.
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Description for Figuring the Future
Paperback. Editor(s): Cole, Jennifer; Durham, Deborah L. Series: School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 567.
Child laborers in South Asia, child soldiers in Sierra Leone and Uganda, Chinese youth playing computer games to earn virtual gold, youth involved in sex trafficking in the former Soviet republics and Thailand: these are just some of the young people featured in the news of late. The idea that young people are more malleable and the truisms that "youth are the future" or "children are our hope for the future" give news stories and scholarly accounts added meaning. To address how and why youth and children have come to seem so important to globalization, the contributors to this book ... Read more
Child laborers in South Asia, child soldiers in Sierra Leone and Uganda, Chinese youth playing computer games to earn virtual gold, youth involved in sex trafficking in the former Soviet republics and Thailand: these are just some of the young people featured in the news of late. The idea that young people are more malleable and the truisms that "youth are the future" or "children are our hope for the future" give news stories and scholarly accounts added meaning. To address how and why youth and children have come to seem so important to globalization, the contributors to this book ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
SAR Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Santa Fe, United States
ISBN
9781934691052
SKU
V9781934691052
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Ref
99-1
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