The child and the world : child-soldiers and the claim for progress / Jana Tabak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tabak, Jana, author.

Series:

Studies in security and international affairs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child soldiers.

Child soldiers (International law).

Children--Social conditions.

Children.

International relations--Social aspects.

International relations.

Conflict management.

Physical Description:

1 volume : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2020.

Summary:

"However unthinkable child-soldiers may be within a generalized conception of childhood, they are not imaginary figures; rather, they are a constant in almost every armed conflict around the world. The participation of children in wars may question the idea of childhood as a "once-upon-a-time story with a happy and predictable ending," disrupting the (natural) idea of a protected and innocent childhood and also eliciting fear, uncertainty, revulsion, horror, and sorrow. Using the perspectives of both childhood studies and critical approaches to international relations, Jana Tabak explores the constructions of child-soldiers as "children at risk" and, at the same time, risky children. More specifically, The Child and the World aims both to problematize the boundaries that articulate child-soldiers as necessarily deviant and pathological in relation to "normal" children and to show how these specific limits participate in the (re)production and promotion of a particular version of the international political order. In this sense, the focus of this work is not on investigating child-soldiers' lives and experiences per se but on their presumed threatening feature as they depart from the protected territory of childhood, disquieting everyday international life"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780820356396

0820356395

9780820356402

0820356409

OCLC:

1097959222