Work with Youth in Divided and Contested Societies - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9087900236 ISBN 13: 9789087900236

Publisher: Sense Publishers, 2007

Synopsis

There is increasing recognition that protective and therapeutic approaches to youth in conflict and post-conflict societies have limitations, especially with older youth. Because youth are not only victims but also participants in conflict, they can be participants in building peace, and this book is a survey of the expertise emerging around the world of those who work with young people as participants in community development and as a peace constituency. Work with youth in conflict societies has been seen as a unique experience, because of the extraordinary and extenuating circumstances, but as the focus has changed from protection of youth to the participation of youth, a second aim of this volume is to draw connections between the skills needed under these circumstances and the practices of youthwork and human services in other contexts. The content includes program descriptions, profiles of youth workers, and essays about policy, practice, and theory.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sense Publishers
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9087900236
• ISBN 13: 9789087900236
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Magnuson Doug, Baizerman Michael