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Vulnerable Children: Global Challenges in Education, Health, Well-Being, and Child Rights

Vulnerable Children: Global Challenges in Education, Health, Well-Being, and Child Rights

Johnson, Deborah J.
Agbényiga, Debrenna Lafa
Hitchcock, Robert K.

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Child PsychologyGeneral Political SciencePoverty & Social Work

ISBN10: 148999226X
ISBN13: 9781489992260
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: May 19 2015
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.93
Height: 0.62 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

They are laborers, soldiers, refugees, and orphans. In areas of the world torn by poverty, disease, and war, millions of children are invisible victims, deprived of home, family, and basic human rights. Their chances for a stable adult life are extremely slim.

The powerful interdisciplinary volume Vulnerable Children brings a global child-rights perspective to the lives of indigenous, refugee, and minority children in and from crisis-prone regions. Focusing on self-determination, education, security, health, and related issues, an international panel of scholars examines the structural and political sources of children's vulnerabilities and their effects on development. The book analyzes intervention programs currently in place and identifies challenges that must be met at both the community and larger policy levels. These chapters also go a long way to explain the often-blurred line between vulnerability and resilience. Included in the coverage:

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