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International Perspectives on Youth Conflict and Development brings together in one volume essays discussing the social, political, and economic contexts of youth conflict across fourteen countries on seven continents. Distinguished contributors from around the world draw on research and interventions to describe young people's participation in armed conflict, fighting, and social exclusion from the time they enter the public sphere to adulthood, as defined in their local environments. Case studies include children involved in armed conflict in Mozambique, Angola, the Philippines, and Nigeria; young people exposed to post-war tensions in Bosnia, Croatia, and South Africa, youth in the streets in Brazil and Colombia; Arab and Jewish youth in the ongoing crisis in Israel; children socialized to hate, mistrust, or exclude those of other ethnic, economic, or social identities in the United States, Germany, and Korea; and young people experiencing the dramatic political and economic transition in China. Rather than focusing on character flaws and socio-cognitive deficits or other problems of individual youth, their families, or cultures, the volume examines youth conflict as a social practice embedded in local, national, and international processes. The volume aims to shift the foundation of youth conflict study from the more typical focus on maturation, behavior, and personality to a characterization of youth as participants in society. It also expands the analysis of youth development to include societal problems such as political instability, unequal access to material resources, racism, and social injustice. Offering new insights about the interdependent spheres of conflict involving young people, this groundbreaking, international compilation describes processes of a violent world rather than of violent youth.

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Author:   Colette Daiute (Professor, Psychology, Professor, Psychology, CUNY Graduate Center, USA) ,  Zeynep Beykont (Professor, Psychology, Professor, Psychology, Bogazici Universitesi, Turkey) ,  Craig Higson-Smith (Honorary Researcher, Honorary Researcher, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa) ,  Larry Nucci (Professor, Psychology, Professor, Psychology, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 25.40cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 17.80cm
Weight:   0.807kg
ISBN:  

9780195178425

ISBN 10:   0195178424
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   27 April 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Problem of Society in Youth Conflict Colette Daiute, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA: Section One: Psycho-social Processes in Youth Conflict 1: Madelene A. Sta. Maria, De La Salle University, Phillipines: Paths to Fillipino Youth Involvement in Violent Conflict 2: Wolfgang Edelstein, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany: Extremist Youth in Germany: The Role of History, Development, and Cohort Experience 3: Sarah Freedman, University of California at Berkeley, USA and Dino Abazovic, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia: Growing Up During the Balkan Wars of the 1990's 4: Olayemi Akinwumi, Nasarawa State University in Keffi, Nigeria: Youth Participation in Violence in Nigeria Since the 1980's 5: Elliot Turiel, University of California at Berkeley, USA: Social Hierarchy, Social Conflicts, and Moral Development Section Two: Imagining and Living with the Other Editor's Preface: Imagining and Living with the Other 6: Rachel Hertz-Lazarowitz, University of Haifa, Israel: Acceptance and Rejection as a Source of Youth Conflict: The Case of Haifa University in a Divided Society 7: In Jae Lee, Gwanju National University of Education, Korea: Collective Ostracism Among Youth in Korea 8: Stacey S. Horn and Larry Nucci, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States: Harassment of Gay and Lesbian Youth and School Violence in America: An Analysis and Directions for Intervention 9: Gouzhen Cen and Dan Li, Shanghai Teachers University, China: Social Transformation and Values Conflicts Among Youth in Contemporary China Section Three: Practices of Conflict and Engagement Editor's Preface: Practices of Conflict and Engagement 10: Craig Higson-Smith, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa: Youth Violence in South Africa: The Impact of Political Transition 11: Clary Milnitsky, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: Breaking Social Borders: One Road for Becoming Visible to Brazilian Society 12: Colette Daiute, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, United States: Stories of Conflict and Development in U.S. Public Schools 13: Alcinda Honwana, Social Science Research Council: Child Solciers' Participation in Healing and Community Reintegration in Mozambique and Angola 14: Roger Hart, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Save the Children/UK & International Institute for Educational Development, London, Rocio Mojica, Save the Children/UK: Building Citizenship in the Face of Violence: Opportunities for the Agency and Participation of Children in Colombia Section Four: Global Processes Involving Youth Editor's Preface: Global Processes Involving Youth 15: William, Jr. Cross, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, United States: Globalism, America's Ghettos, and Black Youth Development 16: Charles Ukeje, Obafemi Awolo University, Ile-Ife Nigeria: Youth Movements and Youth Violence in Nigeria's Oil Delta Region 17: Jocelyn Solis, University of California, Santa Cruz, United States: Transborder Violence and Undocumented Youth: Extending Cultural-historical Analysis to Transnational Immigration Studies Editor's Epilogue Editor and Author Bios

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...solidly grounded in developmental psychology, appropriately drawing on the work of important researchers and theorists in this area...offer(s) valuable insight for many people, in many roles and many places, who work with youth. --PsycCRITIQUES ...solidly grounded in developmental psychology, appropriately drawing on the work of important researchers and theorists in this area...offer(s) valuable insight for many people, in many roles and many places, who work with youth. --PsycCRITIQUES

.,. solidly grounded in developmental psychology, appropriately drawing on the work of important researchers and theorists in this area...offer(s) valuable insight for many people, in many roles and many places, who work with youth. --PsycCRITIQUES<br>

<br>. ..solidly grounded in developmental psychology, appropriately drawing on the work of important researchers and theorists in this area...offer(s) valuable insight for many people, in many roles and many places, who work with youth. --PsycCRITIQUES<br>

Author Information

Colette Daiute is Professor of Psychology at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She conducts research on social and cognitive development in challenging circumstances, such as urban public schools and nations involved in violent conflict. In her research and practice, Dr. Daiute has focused on young people's uses of literacy and media as activities that promote the development of society and the development of their own social skills. Zeynep F. Beykont conducts research on school language policies and educational programs that support the cultural, linguistic, and academic development of ethnic minority and immigrant youth. Over the past twenty years, she has worked as a researcher and consultant in school-, community-, and museum-based programs designed for language minority youth in a variety of countries including the United States, Greece, Turkey, and Australia. Craig Higson-Smith is a research psychologist specializing in traumatic stress and violence. He has also worked as an anti-apartheid activist and in civil conflict situations in Southern and Eastern Africa. He is currently a trainer and researcher with the South Africa Institute for Traumatic Stress. Larry Nucci is Professor of Education and Affiliate Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he is Director of the Office for Studies in Moral Development and Education. His research focuses on children's moral and social development. His recent work has examined the impact of culture on children's concepts of privacy and personal prerogative.

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