Children and Youth at Risk in Times of Transition: International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives

book: Children and Youth at Risk in Times of Transition

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2024

Children and Youth at Risk in Times of Transition

International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Edited by: Baard Herman Borge , Elke Kleinau and Ingvill Constanze Ødegaard

Volume 3 in the series Studies in the History of Education and Culture / Studien zur Bildungs- und Kulturgeschichte

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111010649

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Children and youth belong to one of the most vulnerable groups in societies. This was the case even before the current humanitarian crises around the world which led millions of people and families to flee from wars, terror, poverty and exploitation. Minors have been denied human rights such as access to education, food and health services. They have been kidnapped, sold, manipulated, mutilated, killed, and injured. This has been and continues to be the case in both developed and developing countries, and it does not look as if the situation will improve in the near future. Rather, current geopolitical developments, political and economic uncertainties and instabilities seem to be increasing the vulnerability of minors, especially in the wars and armed conflicts currently being waged not only in Europe, but on almost every continent. How can risks children and youth are exposed to in times of transition be reduced? Which role do state agencies, non-governmental organisations, as well as children’s coping strategies play in mitigating the vulnerabilities of minors?

This volume addresses risks to which children and young people are exposed, especially in times of transition. The focus is on different groups of children in the European wartime and post-war societies of the Second World War, ‘occupation children’ in Germany, teenage National Socialist collaborators in Norway, and more recent cases such as child soldiers, refugee children, and children of European “Islamic State” fighters. The contributions come from international scholars and different academic disciplines (educational and social sciences, humanities, law, and international peace and conflict studies) and are based on historical, quantitative, and/or qualitative analyses.

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Baard H. Borge, UIT Arctic University Norway, Harstad, Norway; Elke Kleinau, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Ingvill Constanze Ødegaard, GESIS-Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany, and University Oslo, Norway.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Introduction Baard Herman Borge, Elke Kleinau and Ingvill Constanze Ø Ødegaard Open Access Download PDF	1
Part I: Researching Vulnerabilities and Implementing Children’s Rights
Children’s Rights in Times of Transition Julie Ane Ødegaard Borge and Ingvill Constanze Ødegaard Open Access Download PDF	9
Reflections on Methodological Approaches and Challenges in Researching Children Born of War Ingvill Constanze Ødegaard and Elke Kleinau Open Access Download PDF	25
Part II: Children & Youth in World War II and its Aftermath
Witnessing Children’s Lives under National Socialism: Oral Testimonies and Children’s Drawings from Ghettos and Concentration Camps Wiebke Hiemesch Open Access Download PDF	67
Reflecting on Janusz Korczak: On his Care for Jewish Orphans in the Warsaw Ghetto Kristina Schierbaum and Anja Schierbaum Open Access Download PDF	91
Researching Global Phenomena in Local Circumstances: Polish Children Born of War in the Context of CBOW Research Jakub Gałęziowski Open Access Download PDF	115
Surviving the Holocaust: Children of Jewish Deportees in Post-war France (1940–1980) Anne Klein Open Access Download PDF	139
“An echo of our parents”: Norway’s Legal Reckoning with Underage NS Collaborators Baard Herman Borge and Lars-Erik Vaale Open Access Download PDF	163
Part III: Critical Reflections on the German Discourse on ‘Children of the Occupation’
Black German ‘Occupation Children’ in the Focus of Anthropological Research: Continuities and Discontinuities Elke Kleinau Open Access Download PDF	183
Problematised ‘Fatherlessness’: On the (Re)Production of a ‘Victim Narrative’ in ‘Occupation Children’ Research Rafaela Schmid Open Access Download PDF	209
Part IV: Learning from the Past: Dealing with Present Day Challenges
Liminal Children, Liminal Rights? Media Representations of Scandinavian Children Born of War after World War II and after the Fall of the Islamic State Martina Koegeler-Abdi Open Access Download PDF	233
The Evolution of Child Soldiers from ‘Villains to Victims’ in Law and Policy and its Significance for Children Born of War Lina Stotz Open Access Download PDF	265
School Transition Expectations of Newcomer Pupils in Germany: A Pilot Evaluation of a Summer Programme Sascha Hein, Isabell Schuster, Julie Larran, Barış Altındağ, Maria Schriefer and Shanti D‘Sa Open Access Download PDF	295
Contributors Open Access Download PDF	315

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Scholars in the field of educational and social sciences, humanities, law, and international peace and conflict studies.
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 317
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 1
- Tables: 5
Keywords: Children; youth; risk; societal transition

eBook

Published: December 4, 2023
ISBN: 9783111010649

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Published: December 4, 2023
ISBN: 9783111009636