Who''s Afraid of Children? - Children, Conflict and International Relations

Zusatztext 'Who's Afraid of Children clearly and engagingly reveals how and why girls and boys should be taken very seriously if we are to grasp how and why global politics is taking its current path.' Cynthia Enloe! Clark University! USA '...engaging and accessible...Brocklehurst presents a compelling volume on a subject that does not receive the attention it warrants. The role of the child in conflict - and society in general - goes far beyond that of the child soldier.' Political Studies Review Informationen zum Autor Helen Brocklehurst is Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Wales Swansea! UK. Klappentext Develops theoretical framework which exposes how children are present in international relations and security practices using an empirical and comparative assessment of the role of children and youth in a range of conflicts including Nazi Germany! Mozambique! South Africa! Northern Ireland! the Cold War and the British Empire. Zusammenfassung Brocklehurst's impressive work breaks new ground in normative international political theory. The author develops a new theoretical framework which exposes how children are present in international relations and security practices. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Children; Children in global politics; Reproducing the State: children in Nazi Germany; Children in Northern Ireland; Children in South Africa and Mozambique; Containment! interdependence and infant power; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Helen Brocklehurst, Brocklehurst Helen
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.11.2006
• EAN: 9780754641711
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-4171-1
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Ethics and Global Politics; Ethics and Global Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, International Relations, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Human rights, civil rights, Peace studies & conflict resolution