Children, Youth and Development

Children and youth constitute a large part of the population with nearly halfof the worlds population under the age of twentyfive. Almost ninety percentof these... » 

Children and youth constitute a large part of the population with nearly halfof the worlds population under the age of twentyfive. Almost ninety percentof these people live in Third World countries. Children and youth in the ThirdWorld are affected by extremely diverse experiences including globalprocesses such as development globalization and the effects of internationalagreements and policies relating to children and youth.Children Youth and Development focuses on the way in which changes indevelopment theory and practice have impacted on young peoples lives andconsiders the influence of the differing geographical and social context inwhich young people live. This text addresses issues that preoccupy children andyoung people or dominate policies towards them with topics as diverse aseducation child labor street children child soldiers refugees childslaves the impact of environmental change and hazards on children and the waythat children with the enthusiasm and energy to bring about change can beenabled to participate in development. Finally the book examines how youngpeople are bearers of rights.This accessible textbook contains numerous studentfriendly features includingboxed case studies from across the Third World summaries of key ideasdiscussion questions and annotated guides to further resources on eachchapters main topics as well as diagrams and tables and numerous maps andphotographs. «