Namibia's Children Living Conditions and Life Forces in a Society in Crisis Michaela Fink, Reimer Gronemeyer

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fink, Michaela <p>Michaela Fink, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Deutschland</p>, Author.

Gronemeyer, Reimer <p>Reimer Gronemeyer, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Deutschland</p>, Author.

Series:

Global Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Southern Africa.

Namibia.

Orphans.

Vulnerable Children.

Women.

Civil Society.

Social Inequality.

Globalization.

Ethnology.

Youth.

Local Subjects:

Southern Africa.

Namibia.

Orphans.

Vulnerable Children.

Women.

Civil Society.

Social Inequality.

Globalization.

Ethnology.

Youth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Gronemeyer/Fink (eds.), Namibia's Children Living Conditions and Life Forces in a Society in Crisis

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2021

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Michaela Fink (Dr. phil.), born 1973, is a research associate at the Institute of Sociology at Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen. Her work and research focuses on end-of-life care, volunteering and dementia, as well as studies on sub-Saharan Africa. She completed her doctorate in 2011 on the subject of the institutionalisation of dying in hospice work and palliative care, works in various research projects on the topic of voluntary end-of-life care and was involved in the establishment and management of the outpatient children's hospice service in Gießen (2006-2012).

Reimer Gronemeyer, born in 1939, holds a Ph.D. in theology and in sociology. He is a Prof. em. at the Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, honorary senator of the University of Giessen, and has conducted research in Zimbabwe, Sudan, Tansania, Namibia, Botswana, and Malawi. He is the chairperson of the German NGO »Pallium - Research and Aid for Social Projects«.

Summary:

Many children in Namibia find themselves facing a social crisis. They have been abandoned or abused, are malnourished, homeless, or live in shacks that barely provide any protection. However, amidst these disastrous living conditions, children have developed remarkable survival skills, and come up with equally clever and disillusioned analyses of their situation.For three years, Michaela Fink and Reimer Gronemeyer conducted interviews in Namibia with women who take care of vulnerable children. The book gives these children a voice in interviews and essays.

Besprochen in:Peripherie, 165+166 (2022), Reinhart Kößler

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

What is this about? An Overview

I. Children of the Crisis – Living Conditions in Namibia

II. Children in Rural Areas

III. Children in Urban Katutura

IV. The New Civil Society Places – Refuges for Children in Need

Conclusion: African Children. European Childhoods

Appendix

ISBN:

9783839456675

3839456673

OCLC:

1248759710