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A World Turned Upside Down : Social Ecological Approaches to Children in War Zones / ed. by Michael Wessells, Allison Strang, Neil Boothby.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2006]Description: 1 online resource (260 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781565493179
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.6083
LOC classification:
  • HQ784.W3
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Introduction -- 1. A culture-based, integrative approach -- 2. What is family? -- 3. Running scared -- 4. Girlhoods stolen -- 5. Education and hope -- 6. Silenced voices? Youth and peer relationships in armed conflict and its aftermath -- 7. When former child soldiers grow up -- 8. A living wage -- 9. Religion as resource and risk -- 10. Layers of support -- About the Authors -- Index
Summary: A World Turned Upside Down looks at children's experiences during war from a psychological and social ecological perspective, offering thoughtful observations and dispelling myths about the realities of growing up in conflict situations. In addition, each contributor points to ways to foster well-being and nurture the kinds of social connections that can liberate children from the pathologies of war.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781565493179

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Introduction -- 1. A culture-based, integrative approach -- 2. What is family? -- 3. Running scared -- 4. Girlhoods stolen -- 5. Education and hope -- 6. Silenced voices? Youth and peer relationships in armed conflict and its aftermath -- 7. When former child soldiers grow up -- 8. A living wage -- 9. Religion as resource and risk -- 10. Layers of support -- About the Authors -- Index

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A World Turned Upside Down looks at children's experiences during war from a psychological and social ecological perspective, offering thoughtful observations and dispelling myths about the realities of growing up in conflict situations. In addition, each contributor points to ways to foster well-being and nurture the kinds of social connections that can liberate children from the pathologies of war.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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