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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the 2018 Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Scholarship""Winner of the 2018 J.I. Segal English Non-fiction Award on a Jewish Theme, Jewish Public Library""Winner of the 2018 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in Modern Jewish History and Culture: Europe and Israel, Association for Jewish Studies""Heller has used rare archival sources in Polish, Yiddish and Hebrew to reclaim little-known events in Poland before the Shoah and to produce a highly original work. Jabotinsky's Children is a tremendous contribution to our understanding of the origins of the Zionist Right."---Colin Shindler, Times Literary Supplement"This is a most provocative, solid scholarly work on a heretofore little-explored topic in 20th-century Polish-Jewish and Zionist history." * Publishers Weekly *"A meticulously researched and elegantly crafted monograph, not the least virtue of which is its deep mining of sources in several languages across several continents."---Geoffrey Alderman, Times Higher Education"Heller works tirelessly to uncover the voices of ordinary Betar members through their letters and diaries and autobiographies in an attempt to understand the distinctively Polish roots of right‐wing Zionism and how it developed between the two world wars in Poland under Jabotinsky's leadership."---Elaine Margolin, Jerusalem Post"Heller's account offers a corrective, shining new light on how Jews, especially Jewish youth, in Poland actually perceived their political and social options, and how they made sense of their shifting world."---Sarah Zarrow, Yiddish Studies"This book really does shine something of an illuminating light on the spectre of ever increasing right-wing fundamentalism throughout Europe and the U.S. . . . Jabotinsky's Children will undoubtedly trigger much debate, which, to varying degrees, can only be a good thing."---David Marx, David Marx Book Reviews"Drawing on a broad array of impressive sources, including private correspondence, party journals and publications, police reports, and autobiographies, Heller provides a new and refreshing approach to Zionist history by focusing on Jabotinsky’s followers, rather than the man himself."---Rachel Rothstein, H-Poland"[Heller’s] objective tone throughout the volume assures the reader of his analytical talent and gives the reader confidence that the author’s future work will be as comprehensive and compelling."---Sean Martin, H-Net Reviews"An excellent study. . . . The author emerges as an extremely skilled historian with a penchant for acute analysis and objective interpretation of facts. His work deserves the highest praise."---Piotr Puchalski, Polish ReviewTable of ContentsList of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Note on Terms xiii Introduction 1 1 Jabotinsky Encounters Polish Jewish Youth 28 2 Little Fascists? 68 3 Obedient Children, Reckless Rebels 104 4 Poland, Palestine, and the Politics of Belonging 133 5 Taming the Shtetl 167 6 Terror 201 Epilogue 237 Notes 255 Bibliography 291 Index 313

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the 2018 Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Scholarship""Winner of the 2018 J.I. Segal English Non-fiction Award on a Jewish Theme, Jewish Public Library""Winner of the 2018 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in Modern Jewish History and Culture: Europe and Israel, Association for Jewish Studies""Heller has used rare archival sources in Polish, Yiddish and Hebrew to reclaim little-known events in Poland before the Shoah and to produce a highly original work. Jabotinsky's Children is a tremendous contribution to our understanding of the origins of the Zionist Right."---Colin Shindler, Times Literary Supplement"This is a most provocative, solid scholarly work on a heretofore little-explored topic in 20th-century Polish-Jewish and Zionist history." * Publishers Weekly *"A meticulously researched and elegantly crafted monograph, not the least virtue of which is its deep mining of sources in several languages across several continents."---Geoffrey Alderman, Times Higher Education"Heller works tirelessly to uncover the voices of ordinary Betar members through their letters and diaries and autobiographies in an attempt to understand the distinctively Polish roots of right‐wing Zionism and how it developed between the two world wars in Poland under Jabotinsky's leadership."---Elaine Margolin, Jerusalem Post"Heller's account offers a corrective, shining new light on how Jews, especially Jewish youth, in Poland actually perceived their political and social options, and how they made sense of their shifting world."---Sarah Zarrow, Yiddish Studies"This book really does shine something of an illuminating light on the spectre of ever increasing right-wing fundamentalism throughout Europe and the U.S. . . . Jabotinsky's Children will undoubtedly trigger much debate, which, to varying degrees, can only be a good thing."---David Marx, David Marx Book Reviews"Drawing on a broad array of impressive sources, including private correspondence, party journals and publications, police reports, and autobiographies, Heller provides a new and refreshing approach to Zionist history by focusing on Jabotinsky’s followers, rather than the man himself."---Rachel Rothstein, H-Poland"[Heller’s] objective tone throughout the volume assures the reader of his analytical talent and gives the reader confidence that the author’s future work will be as comprehensive and compelling."---Sean Martin, H-Net Reviews"An excellent study. . . . The author emerges as an extremely skilled historian with a penchant for acute analysis and objective interpretation of facts. His work deserves the highest praise."---Piotr Puchalski, Polish Review

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Book SynopsisWhat life is really like for Britain’s young homelessTrade Review'Tom Hall writes with deep insight and a spare elegance. In the best realist tradition, he shows us the lives of homeless young people in an entirely fresh way' -- Keith Hart, University of AberdeenTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. At the Hostel 3. In the Bed-sits 4. On the Streets 5. Growing Apart? 6. Coming of Age 7. Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisRepresentations of Youth examines the various constructions of 'youth' and 'adolescence' in recent British and North American research. Mainstream and radical approaches have presented a series of 'crises' about young people in relation to, among other things, unemployment, 'teenage pregnancy' and 'delinquency'.Trade Review".A wide-ranging review.clearly written and largely succesful in simplifying what are often far from simple arguments." Youth and Policy. "Engaging with a strong challenging text shakes up complacency and encourages the clarification of ideas. This book will facilitate such an exercise and for this reason alone should be considered essential reading for students of sociology, education, psychology and cultural studies. ... The compilation of so many research studies concerning young people, drawn from such different academic perspectives, means that the book also provides an invaluable resource for cross-disciplinary exploration of the many issues that impinge on both gender and education." Gender and Education . "It provides a review of most of the major research efforts in [Britain and America] in the last decade. More importantly it places that effort in both a political and a theoretical context. In doing so it challenges the assumptions underlying both mainstream and radical discourses." Gary Easthorpe, University of Tasmania . "Her presentation of youth research as discourses with ideological implications is thoughtful and scholarly written. ... An important book...." Educational Review .Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Starting Points and Reservations: A Century of Adolescence: From 1880 to 1980 2. Schooling for the Scrap-heap: Research on the 'Transition from School to Work' 3. Constructing the Crisis: The Impact of Youth Unemployment 4. Bad Boys and Invisible Girls: Youth, Crime and 'Delinquency' 5. The Threat of 'Unstructured Free Time': Young People and Leisure in the 1980s 6. Young People and the 'Private Sphere': Family Life and Sexuality 7. Recovery and Survival: Youth Research after Thatcher and Reagan Glossary References

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Book Synopsisaeo The first book to engage the study of childhood with central issues of sociological theory. aeo The three authors are highly respected and widely read in this area. aeo The book draws together an enormous amount of international research.Trade Review'An exciting book by three of the foremost social-scientific specialists on childhood writing in Britain today; it promises to consolidate Childhood Studies as a new field of concerted endeavour.' Nigel Rapport, University of St Andrews 'This new book is a spring of inspiration. Theorizing Childhood addresses in a superb way the main, if not all, relevant approaches within the 'new sociology of childhood'. It demonstrates brilliantly the salience of this new field both for what it can learn from the general body of knowledge and for what it can itself contribute to modern social science...no scholar in this or neighbouring fields can afford not to read and digest it.' Jens Qvortrup, South Jutland University Centre 'The framework developed here is potentially an extremely powerful one, with enormous potential to stimulate and focus our thinking about childhood - and in particular our research' Social Work & Social Sciences ReviewTable of ContentsPart I: Imagining Childhood. 1. The Presociological Child. 2. The Sociological Child. Part II: Situating Childhood. . 3. Childhood in Social Space. 4. The Temporality of Childhood. 5. Play as Childhood Culture?. 6. Working Children. 7. One Childhood or Many?. 8. The Body and Childhood. 9. Researching Childhood. Part III: Theorizing Childhood. 10. Theorizing Childhood. Notes. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisAn original presentation of the concept of youth - an exciting rethinking of the social construction of 'youth' that explores new ways of theorizing youth without prejudice or lumping 'young people' together as one uniform category.Trade Review"Youth usefully embeds the category of youth within wider debates in the social sciences, indicating how they have either addressed the question of youth, or could be extrapolated to have something to add to theoretical approaches to youth." British Journal of Sociology of Education "The particular value of Jones' approach is that it moves easily between social, cultural and psychoanalytical theorists to reveal what nuggets of value they hold in relation to young people." Shane Blackman, Canterbury Christ Church University for Sociology "It's all here, including the kitchen sink. Everything you ever wanted to know about youth and a few other things you hadn't thought of can be found between the pages of this book." Mary Jane Kehily, The Open University for Sociology "A very handy little book for anyone who wants a simple but comprehensive introduction to the social scientific study of youth." Tracy Shildrick, University of Teeside for Sociology "An excellent textbook that will be used at many levels of study (and, I imagine, teaching!)." Howard Williamson, University of Glamorgan for Sociology “In the latest of what has been a series of path-breaking discussions of the subject, Gill Jones cuts through the complexity of ‘youth’ to give an easily accessible account of the evolving theories in the field and the evidence that can be marshalled in support of each of them. The breadth of her scholarship draws upon the wider framework of globalisation, and the social, demographic and cultural upheavals in the context of young people’s lives.” John Bynner, University of London "Jones has written a much-needed book that will help take the burgeoning field of youth studies to a more mature and intellectually stimulating level. Her book will become THE text to use in advanced courses as students and teachers co-construct the various issues and debates that have emerged as academics have attempted to come to grips with the thorny issues inherent in understanding the changing nature of youth in changing societies." James Côté, University of Western Ontario "After over twenty years of empirical research and thoughtful analysis on the subject of this book Professor Jones has distilled her considerable experience into an authoritative text that will help countless students to write their essays and, I suspect, many of their teachers to prepare their lectures. Gill Jones has established herself as the doyenne of the sociology of youth." Ray Pahl, University of EssexTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vi 1 What is ‘Youth’? 1 2 Youth as Action 30 3 Youth as Identity 58 4 Youth as Transition 84 5 Youth and Inequality 112 6 Youth and Dependence 140 7 Youth in Society 164 Notes 184 References 188 Index 214

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Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to be young in a country that is changing so fast? What does it mean to be young in a place ruled by one Party, during a time of intense globalization and exposure to different cultures? This fascinating and informative book explores the lives of Chinese youth and examines their experiences, the ways in which they are represented in the media, and their interactions with old and, especially, new media. The authors describe and analyze complex entanglements among family, school, workplace and the state, engaging with the multiplicity of Chinese youth cultures. Their case studies include, among others, the romantic fantasies articulated by pop idols in TV dramas in contrast with young students working hard for their entrance exams and dream careers. This book will be essential reading for students and scholars of youth culture, the sociology of youth and China studies more broadly. By showing how Chinese youth negotiate these regimes by carving out their own temporary spaces from becoming a goldfarmer in a virtual economy to performing as a cosplayer this book ultimately poses the question: Will the current system be able to accommodate this rapidly increasing diversity?Trade Review“Using an innovative methodology including interviews and ethnographic studies, the authors have given us a complex study of youth cultures. They do an excellent job of examining important and understudied issues such as media representations of youth in contemporary popular and digital culture.”Stanley Rosen, University of Southern California “In this interrogation of the multiplicity of youth cultures in China, the authors ditch familiar stereotypes of China’s youth to explore how young urban people are charting challenging paths for China’s future. Based largely on ethnographic research, this book will appeal to non-specialist readers as well as students of contemporary Chinese culture and society.”Harriet Evans, University of Westminster "Jeroen de Kloet and Anthony Y. H. Fung provide a sophisticated and erudite account of how appropriations and localisations of international digital technologies, music trends and fashion styles enable Chinese youth to experiment with "spontaneous" and "unpredictable" identities and embodiments as they navigate through cultural spaces [… They] surmise that Chinese youth can think, feel and act imaginatively and critically so as to anticipate and aspire to a politics of the future as difference […] which could have political consequences in years to come."Journal of Contemporary AsiaTable of Contents Map Chronology Acknowledgements Introduction: Youth in China No More Revolution Youth Scapes Changing Youth Values The Chapters Creative Warfare Chapter 1: Youth and Power: Education, Family, and the State Introduction Political Values and Party Membership Family and Familism Pedagogy and Education Conclusion Chapter 2: Dressing up the Future: Chinese Youth Today Introduction Global Inauthenticities Fashion Styles Sonic Styles Digital Styles Conclusion Chapter 3: Localization of Regional Culture Introduction Localizing TV format from without Regional TV Formats and Class Re-imagination Running Man: The Turn to Gamification Popular Music and Fandom The Chinese AKB48: irrelevance to politics TFBoys and Korean Imagination Conclusion Chapter 4 Chinese Heteronormativity and Its Discontents Introduction Chinese Genders? Heteronormative Aspirations I: Survey Findings Heteronormative Aspirations II: Media Representations Unsettling Heteronormativity I: Romance Comedy Unsettling Heteronormativity II: Queer China Unsettling Heteronormativity III: Sex and Feminism Conclusion Chapter 5: Mobility, Marginalization and Desire Introduction Migrant Youth, Representation and Desire Migrant Youth as Media Producers Migrant Youth and New Media Technologies Gaming and Immaterial Labour Goldfarming versus Farming From Village to Art Village: New Spaces and Mobility Conclusion Conclusion: Youth and Hope References

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Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to be young in a country that is changing so fast? What does it mean to be young in a place ruled by one Party, during a time of intense globalization and exposure to different cultures? This fascinating and informative book explores the lives of Chinese youth and examines their experiences, the ways in which they are represented in the media, and their interactions with old and, especially, new media. The authors describe and analyze complex entanglements among family, school, workplace and the state, engaging with the multiplicity of Chinese youth cultures. Their case studies include, among others, the romantic fantasies articulated by pop idols in TV dramas in contrast with young students working hard for their entrance exams and dream careers. This book will be essential reading for students and scholars of youth culture, the sociology of youth and China studies more broadly. By showing how Chinese youth negotiate these regimes by carving out their own temporarTrade Review“Using an innovative methodology including interviews and ethnographic studies, the authors have given us a complex study of youth cultures. They do an excellent job of examining important and understudied issues such as media representations of youth in contemporary popular and digital culture.”Stanley Rosen, University of Southern California “In this interrogation of the multiplicity of youth cultures in China, the authors ditch familiar stereotypes of China’s youth to explore how young urban people are charting challenging paths for China’s future. Based largely on ethnographic research, this book will appeal to non-specialist readers as well as students of contemporary Chinese culture and society.”Harriet Evans, University of Westminster"Jeroen de Kloet and Anthony Y. H. Fung provide a sophisticated and erudite account of how appropriations and localisations of international digital technologies, music trends and fashion styles enable Chinese youth to experiment with "spontaneous" and "unpredictable" identities and embodiments as they navigate through cultural spaces [… They] surmise that Chinese youth can think, feel and act imaginatively and critically so as to anticipate and aspire to a politics of the future as difference […] which could have political consequences in years to come."Journal of Contemporary AsiaTable of Contents Map Chronology Acknowledgements Introduction: Youth in China No More Revolution Youth Scapes Changing Youth Values The Chapters Creative Warfare Chapter 1: Youth and Power: Education, Family, and the State Introduction Political Values and Party Membership Family and Familism Pedagogy and Education Conclusion Chapter 2: Dressing up the Future: Chinese Youth Today Introduction Global Inauthenticities Fashion Styles Sonic Styles Digital Styles Conclusion Chapter 3: Localization of Regional Culture Introduction Localizing TV format from without Regional TV Formats and Class Re-imagination Running Man: The Turn to Gamification Popular Music and Fandom The Chinese AKB48: irrelevance to politics TFBoys and Korean Imagination Conclusion Chapter 4 Chinese Heteronormativity and Its Discontents Introduction Chinese Genders? Heteronormative Aspirations I: Survey Findings Heteronormative Aspirations II: Media Representations Unsettling Heteronormativity I: Romance Comedy Unsettling Heteronormativity II: Queer China Unsettling Heteronormativity III: Sex and Feminism Conclusion Chapter 5: Mobility, Marginalization and Desire Introduction Migrant Youth, Representation and Desire Migrant Youth as Media Producers Migrant Youth and New Media Technologies Gaming and Immaterial Labour Goldfarming versus Farming From Village to Art Village: New Spaces and Mobility Conclusion Conclusion: Youth and Hope References

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Book SynopsisThe second and fully revised edition of James and Prout's acclaimed seminal work on the study of childhood.Trade Review'It is thus timely to publish this second, revised and wholly updated edition of the book which made such a major contribution to this process. This second edition will be a necessary update for all educationalists and professionals involved with children.' - RoutledgeFarmerTable of ContentsA new paradigm for the sociology of childhood? Provenance, promise and problems, Alan Prout and Allison James; constructions and reconstructions of British childhood - an interpretive survey, 1800 to the present, Harry Hendrick; psychology and the cultural construction of children's needs, Martin Woodhead; a voice for children in statistical and social accounting - a plea for children's right to be heard, Jens Qvortrup; it's a small world - Disneyland, the family and the multiple representations of American childhood, Pauline Hunt and Ronald Frankenberg; negotiating childhood - changing constructions of age for Norwegian children, Anne Solberg; street children - deconstructing a construct, Benno Glauser; who are you kidding? children, power and the struggle against sexual abuse, Jenny Kitzinger; childhood and the policy makers - a comparative perspective on the globalization of childhood, Jo Boyden; re-presenting childhood - time and transition in the study of childhood, Allison James and Alan Prout.

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Book SynopsisHave Real Conversations With Your Kids About SexThe old ways of having the 'sex talk' just won''t cut it anymore. Sadly, the number one place today''s young people go to for answers about sex is Google. Meanwhile, kids view nearly 14,000 sexual references a year on television, and 70 percent of teenagers have encountered pornography on the Internet. If we want our children to know the truth about healthy sexuality, we need to create a comfortable climate of continual conversations.Jonathan McKee will show you how to move beyond the initial awkwardness of this subject into an ongoing communication with your kids about God''s amazing gift of sex. He equips you with what you need to talk openly about dating, temptation, porn, and purity, and you will find answers to tough questions and relevant Scripture on sexual issues.It''s normal for kids to be curious about sexuality, and they need to know that their parents are the most reliable source of informa

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Book SynopsisTakes a hard look at the consequences of intense conflict between divorced parents This book explores both the causes and consequences of high-level, stressful conflict between divorced parents on their children''s development. It also provides concrete advice to help parents work together to the benefit of all involved, most importantly the children.Trade Review"A timely, practical book. It is clearly written; comples family dynamics are well illustrated and made understandable...a valuable source book for legal and mental health professionals, as well as parents themselves." --Janet R. Johnston, Ph.D., Center for the Family in Transition and co-author of Impasses of DivorceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments v 1 Introduction 1 2 Why Work It Out? 11 3 Understanding Conflict Developmentally 29 4 How to Assess Conflict 41 5 Normal Visitation versus Conflict Visitation 51 6 Identifying and Understanding Parental Alienation 65 7 A Comprehensive Intervention Model for Parental Alienation 83 8 Creating a Parenting Plan for High-Conflict Divorce 101 9 Implementing the Parenting Plan 127 Appendix A: Parenting Plan 155 Appendix B: Parenting Checklist 162 Appendix C: Parenting Coordinator Agreement 168 References 173 Bibliography 178 Index 181

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Book SynopsisOffers practical advice for parents, teachers, counselors, community leaders, and justice professionals those who wants to help at risk boys become strong, productive, caring, and compassionate men.Trade Review“…presented several ideas worthy of consideration…” (Youth & Policy, No. 83)Table of ContentsForeword. Preface. Bad Boys. Living in a House on Fire. Slipping Through the Cracks at School. Mean Streets. Juvenile Injustice. Drugs and Criminalization. Youth Corrections and Gangs. The American Gulag. From Bad Boys to Good Men. Honoring the Spirit of Young Men. Notes. Electronic Resources. About the Author. Index.

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Book SynopsisA leading practical theologian articulates why congregations feel pressured by the speed of change in modern life and encourages an approach that doesn't fall into the negative traps of our secular age.Table of ContentsContentsPart 1: Depressed Congregations1. The Church and the Depressing Speed of Change2. Speeding to the Good Life, Crashing into Guilt: Why 1.6 Billion Dollars Isn't as Good as You Think3. Fullness as Busyness: Why Busy Churches Attract and Then Lose Busy People4. The Strip Show: When Sacred Time Is No Longer the Time We KeepPart 2: Examining Congregational Despondency; Our Issue Is Time5. When Time Isn't What It Used to Be: What's Speeding Up Time?6. When Brains ExplodeDimension One: Technological Acceleration7. Minding the Time: Why the Church Feels Socially BehindDimension Two: Acceleration of Social Life (Part One)8. Why The Office Can't Be Rebooted: The Decay Rate of Social ChangeDimension Two: Acceleration of Social Life (Part Two)9. When Sex and Work Are in a Fast Present: The Church and the Decay Rate of Our Social StructuresDimension Two: Acceleration of Social Life (Part Three)10. Why Email Sucks, and Social Media Even More: Reach and AccelerationDimension Three: Acceleration of the Pace of Life (Part One)11. Reach and the SecularsDimension Three: Acceleration of the Pace of Life (Part Two)Part 3: Moving from Relevance to Resonance12. Time-Famine and Resource Obsession: Another Step into Alienation13. Why the Slow Church Can't Work: Stablization, Alienation, and Loss of the Congregational Will to Be14. Alienation's Other: Resonance15. When Bonhoeffer Time Travels: Resonance as Carrying the Child16. To Become a Child: Matthew 18 and Congregation That Is Carried17. Ending with a Little Erotic EcstasyIndex

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Book SynopsisOutreach 2019 Recommended Resource of the Year (Youth and Children)Teens and emerging adults don''t feel at home in the church because they are not fully included in the church body. How can congregations nurture young adults, welcome them as siblings into God''s household, and empower them to become fully embedded contributors within and to their faith community?Integrating the latest research on adolescent faith and young adult ministry for the local church, this book presents a new way of thinking about youth ministry. Chap Clark offers today''s youth leaders highly practical principles based on his extensive experience, showing how they can implement a sustainable youth ministry program in their local church. He presents the adoptive youth ministry model as a way to help congregations see youth ministry as a bridge to inclusion, participation, and contribution in the body of Christ. Clark''s comprehensive plan for designTable of ContentsContentsForeword Steven ArgueWelcome to the Adoptive Church1. Creating an Adoptive Youth MinistryPart 1: The Goal of an Adoptive Church2. Adoptive Youth Ministry: From Me to Us3. Creating Environments Where Faith Families Flourish4. Making Disciples among Siblings: The Adoptive Process of Christian Formation5. The Goal of Ministry in an Adoptive ChurchPart 2: The Structure of Adoptive Youth Ministry6. Implementing Adoptive Youth Ministry7. The Power of Partners8. Building Your Ministry TeamPart 3: The Fundamental Practices of Adoptive Churches9. Nurture and the Ministry of Going10. Beyond Participation: The Power of Empowerment11. Adoptive Youth Ministry and the Challenge of ChangeAppendix: Adoptive Church 101Index

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Book SynopsisTimely in subject and original in perspective, Nurturing Hidden Resilience in Troubled Youth challenges what popular media refer to as a 'youth problem.'

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Book SynopsisMichael Ungar''s Nurturing Hidden Resilience in Troubled Youth is the first text in its field to examine resilience as a social construct; it offers a comprehensive theory of resilience and a model for the application of this theory to direct practice with high-risk youth in clinical, residential, and community settings.Ungar''s analysis of resilience and approach to intervention focuses on the unique group of youth who are labeled dangerous, deviant, delinquent, and disordered. He explores how these youth discover and maintain well-being through discursive empowerment: using detailed case studies, Ungar finds that high-risk youth explain their problematic behaviours, such as gang affiliations and drug and alcohol use, as strategic ways to compose healthy stories about themselves that bring them experiences of control and acceptance. Unlike most extant literature on risk and resiliency, Ungar''s text provides a novel and fresh approach to the resiliency construct and,

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Book SynopsisA New York Times Bestseller Award-winning Vanity Fair writer Nancy Jo Sales crisscrossed the country talking to more than two hundred girls between the ages of thirteen and nineteen about their experiences online and off. They are coming of age online in a hypersexualized culture that has normalized extreme behavior, from pornography to the casual exchange of nude photographs; a culture rife with a virulent new strain of sexism; a culture in which teenagers are spending so much time on technology and social media that they are not developing basic communication skills.  The dominant force in the lives of girls coming of age in America today is social media: Instagram, Whisper, Vine, Youtube, Kik, Ask.fm, Tinder.  Provocative, explosive, and urgent, American Girls will ignite much-needed conversation about how we can help our daughters and sons negotiate the new social and sexual norms that govern their lives.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Mahdavi's Tehran orgy signals a profound shift in post-revolutionary Iran, as young adults in a young world (two-thirds of the Iranian population consists of urbanites under 30) challenge the regime, although not by anything so political as street rebellion or samizdat pamphleteering. Their preferred methods of protest are sexual adventurism -- the orgy or drug and booze-fuelled party -- and sexual self-expression of a more subtle kind: skimpy underwear, worn beneath the hijab, sends a f..k-you message to the morality police and plants a sly inward smile on the face of the wearer. Passionate Uprisings will...dispel the ignorance in the West about Iran, its people and their tragedy. It should also check any residual sympathy anti-American Westerners may hold for the regime simply on account of its belligerence towards President George W. Bush. This is a cruel regime, loathed by its young citizenry, but it will not prove easy to dislodge." —The Australian"The book is in essence an academic work but it will attract the general reader with its occasionally titillating subject matter (she does not shy away from describing sexual encounters and orgies). For Mahdavi's thesis is that the changes in sexual practices and in the sartorial choices of Iran's youth indicate a 'revolution' of conscious resistance to the regime." —Financial Times"Part academic treatise, part titillation, Mahdavi's work argues that the social and sexual practices of the urban young adults 'who comprise two-thirds of Iran's population' constitute a form of political dissent and rebellion. While the punishments for premarital sex, drinking and dancing are severe, the author, a journalist and assistant professor of anthropology at Pomona College, captures a hedonistic, postadolescent and pure pop culture spirit, reflecting the interests and activities of the 'highly mobile, highly educated... underemployed' and secular young Tehranis she followed over a seven-year period." —Publishers Weekly"Passionate Uprisings offers a unique and amazing look into the ongoing Iranian sexual revolution. That's right—hot sex in the Islamic Republic! Mahdavi documents the secret parties, trysts, and even orgies of rebellious Iranian youth, constantly asking whether a sexual revolution can evolve into a political one. As a close friend of her informants and often a participant in their high-jinks, she's the perfect companion on this unlikely journey—sympathetic, knowledgeable and super-smart!" —Barbara Ehrenreich, best-selling author of Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream (2005)"Passionate Uprisings carves a clear trail through the jungle of ideology about life in modern-day Iran, and breaks new ground to show how sex is used by young people in a Muslim country to resist political oppression. A fascinating book unlike any other." —Sally Guttmacher, New York University"The controversial change in sexual attitudes and mores the author documents is real, present, and a major factor in the transformation of Iranian life. I particularly welcome Mahdavi's sincere portrayal of Iranian women as strong, in control of their destinies, and able to make decisions for themselves, even if those decisions fly in the face of conventional morality. The book is exceptionally true and honest." —William Beeman, University of Minnesota"Kudos to Pardis Mahdavi for shining the light on the most taboo subject in the Iranian culture, sex. Her book shows the degree to which the Islamic government has failed the younger generation—how the constant presence of the Morality Police and the accompanying lack of personal freedoms has led to a breakdown in morals. Mahdavi's work brings to the forefront the long-term consequence of this high-risk sexual behavior and the importance of basic personal freedoms, even under an Islamic government."—Firoozeh Dumas, author of Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America"Mahdavi's best and most groundbreaking material has to do with the public health implications of this rift between generations and between acknowledged and unacknowledged behaviors, as well as the society's slow and patchy but often ingenious educational response." —The Nation"Passionate Uprisings dispels the one-dimensional and overly simplified view of Iran and its people through the oft-recycled image of women in veils." —Women's Review of Books

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Book SynopsisThis volume examines how organizations advocating on behalf of youth maneuver between grassroots social movements pressing for reform and the established systems of power and authority to improve conditions for youth in urban communities.Trade Review"Drawing on leading-edge organizational and social movement theories, this seminal work illuminates the nitty-gritty, street-level struggles of advocacy groups and community organizations promoting youth development. It sets the standard for scholarship in this area for years to come." —Dennis Shirley, Boston College"This study is grounded in the complexities of the real world, and gives close attention to the wider context in which movements seek to make their mark. It makes a much needed connection between organization theory and social-movement scholarship. This is the kind of book that inspires." —Clarence Stone, George Washington University"Hats off!! The authors have pulled back the curtain to shine a spotlight on what advocates do to move the dial for and with young people in the places where they live. They have parsed the fledgling field of youth development advocacy into precise pieces and given us a multifaceted view of these organizations contexts, dimensions, targets and tactics. As one who has labored in the space between movement and establishment at the national level for my entire career, I found every chapter absorbing and every frame useful. McLaughlin is dead on when she asserts that the real action is at the local level. This is where discourse, by necessity, sheds its partisan, big-claim cloak and gets concrete and specific. This is where advocacy organizations, especially those with finely honed skills like the three organizations profiled, can deftly define effective counterframes, strategically seize political opportunities, mobilize and empower new constituencies and truly measure the impact of their efforts." —Karen Pittman, Executive Director, the Forum for Youth Investment

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Book SynopsisThis volume seeks to go beyond single-country area studies to draw together analyses of how globalization and neoliberalism are affecting youth and, as a result, their identities and their futures, in China, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea.Trade Review"Global Futures in East Asia brings together various ethnographic studies on the condition of young people in a post-miracle era . . . [T]he book's well-written introduction foregrounds the key concept of 'life-marking': the act of investing in oneself to ensure a 'forward career progression as embodied human capital' . . . [Y]oung people, as the chapters themselves show in different ways, do not simply succumb to alienation or delinquency, but are actively involved in navigating their uncertain times."—Jayeel Serrano Cornelio, Social Anthropology / Anthropologie Sociale"Global Futures in East Asia is a notable achievement. The book is methodologically solid and empirically rich. This is a volume to be read by students of international political economy in general as well as those who study East Asia."—Kazuya Fukuoka, Pacific Affairs"Taken as a whole, Global Futures provides important insights, generated as a consequence of ethnography, which undoubtedly add to the literature relating to contemporary societies in East Asia."—Alex Cockain, The China Journal"Global Futures in East Asia is a sophisticated set of ethnographic explorations of what it means to be a young person in contemporary East Asia, seeking a place in a world in motion. A lively and important read."—Tamara Jacka, author of Rural Women in Urban China: Gender, Migration and Social Change"Global Futures in East Asia is the first cross-national, collaborative attempt to think through and ethnographically detail contemporary transformations in economy, value, labor, affect, and subjectivity in neoliberalized East Asia. This is a groundbreaking, necessary, and exciting work for anthropologists and all others who study East Asia today."—Marilyn Ivy, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University

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Book SynopsisThe East Asian economic miracle of the twentieth century is now a fond memory. What does it mean to be living in post-miracle times? For the youth of China, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea, the opportunities and challenges of the neoliberal age, deeply shaped by global forces in labor markets, powerfully frame their life prospects in ways that are barely recognizable to their parents. Global Futures in East Asia gathers together ethnographic explorations of what its contributors call projects of life-making. Here we see youth striving to understand themselves, their place in society, and their career opportunities in the nation, region, and world. While some express optimism, it is clear that many others dread their prospects in the competitive global system in which the failure to thrive is isolating, humiliating, and possibly even fatal.Deeply engaged with some of the most significant theoretical debates in the social sciences in recent years, and rich with rarTrade Review"Global Futures in East Asia brings together various ethnographic studies on the condition of young people in a post-miracle era . . . [T]he book's well-written introduction foregrounds the key concept of 'life-marking': the act of investing in oneself to ensure a 'forward career progression as embodied human capital' . . . [Y]oung people, as the chapters themselves show in different ways, do not simply succumb to alienation or delinquency, but are actively involved in navigating their uncertain times."—Jayeel Serrano Cornelio, Social Anthropology / Anthropologie Sociale"Global Futures in East Asia is a notable achievement. The book is methodologically solid and empirically rich. This is a volume to be read by students of international political economy in general as well as those who study East Asia."—Kazuya Fukuoka, Pacific Affairs"Taken as a whole, Global Futures provides important insights, generated as a consequence of ethnography, which undoubtedly add to the literature relating to contemporary societies in East Asia."—Alex Cockain, The China Journal"Global Futures in East Asia is a sophisticated set of ethnographic explorations of what it means to be a young person in contemporary East Asia, seeking a place in a world in motion. A lively and important read."—Tamara Jacka, author of Rural Women in Urban China: Gender, Migration and Social Change"Global Futures in East Asia is the first cross-national, collaborative attempt to think through and ethnographically detail contemporary transformations in economy, value, labor, affect, and subjectivity in neoliberalized East Asia. This is a groundbreaking, necessary, and exciting work for anthropologists and all others who study East Asia today."—Marilyn Ivy, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University

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Book SynopsisThrough research data and conversations among teachers, readers will explore the impact trauma has on the lives of African American students, examine how their own identities and perceptions of these students influence their text selections and instruction, and identify the conditions needed to engage African American male students in literacy.Table of Contents Foreword Elizabeth Birr Moje ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 How This Book Is Organized 10 How to Use This Book 11 PART I: NOTES ON THE STATE OF . . . Detroit . . . Education . . . Race . . . Schooling . . . Literacy . . . Socialization 13 . . . on the state of the west side 13 1. His Story: The History of School and Literacy Development of African American Males 15 Segregation, Jim Crow, and African American Academic Achievement 20 School Desegregation 22 The Great Migration 25 School Busing 27 2. Hustle and Flow: Student Literacy, Flow, Agency, and Motivation 31 Flow Theory 31 Learning and Literacy as Social Constructs 32 Agency and Identity 39 3. Black Boy Fly: The Black Male Literacy Paradigm as an Instructional Framework 43 The Black Male Literacy Paradigm 43 Home Versus School Language 45 Contextual Understanding 47 Culture and Socialization 48 Teacher Perceptions 56 Power, Agency, and Identity 57 Teacher Preparedness 58 Summary of the Black Male Literacy Paradigm 59 Literacy Assessment Instruments and Literacy Development 60 4. We’ve Got the Power: Culture and Socialization 68 Power and Contextual Understanding and the Relationship to Literacy 68 The Academic Achievement Gap Versus the Education Debt 70 Student Socialization 77 5. You Mean I Can’t Even Be Black in the Hallway?!?: Discourse Communities and the Relationship Between Power, Agency, and Identity 84 Student Identities 84 Disidentification with School 87 Student Social Power and Valuing Students’ Identities in School 92 PART II: NOTES ON THE STATE OF . . . Black boys 99 educator’s oath 99 6. Where I’m From: Teacher Identities and the Impact on African American Male Students 101 Understanding Literacy Through a Sociocultural Paradigm 101 Meet the Teacher Participants 103 Teacher Identities and the Roles They Play in Building Student Literacy 108 7. A Walk in Their Kicks: Understanding the Literacies of African American Males 117 Engaging African American Males in Literacy 117 Teachers’ Recognition of the Importance of Students’ Connections to Teachers, School, and Texts 118 A Deeper Look at Turmoil: Home-Based and School-Based Adversities That Impact Student Learning Outcomes 142 8. Literacy Is . . . : Looking at Literacy Through a Different Lens 150 Teachers’ Expansions of Their Definitions of Literacy 150 The Necessity of Teachers’ Use of Evidence-Based Instructional Strategies 157 Teachers’ Improved Understandings of Students’ Literacy Practices 158 9. The Choice is Yours: “Giving a Damn” as a Strategy for Improving Student Outcomes 162 10. Are We on Ten Yet?: Reconceptualizing Schools for African American Students 168 Teachers’ Recognition of the Importance of and Relationship to Students’ Connections to Teachers, School, and Texts 169 Teachers’ Expansions of Their Definitions of Literacy 170 Teachers’ Improved Understandings of Students’ Literacy Practices 171 The Necessity of Teachers’ Use of Evidence-Based Instructional Strategies 172 The Education Debt . . . Revisited 172 Recommendations 177 Implications 178 Challenges to This Work 180 . . . until we meet again 181 Epilogue 184 Afterword Jay B. Marks 187 References 189 Index 197 About the Author

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Book SynopsisIn a sea of troubling reporting about education, teaching, reading, and the wellbeing of teens, Ivey and Johnston bring some good news that shows what happens when we stop underestimating young people. This accessible book offers an engaging account of a 4-year study of adolescents who went from reluctant to enthusiastic readers.Table of Contents Contents (Tentative) Acknowledgments Part I. Engaging Reading, a Social Phenomenon 1. Young Adults Reading Literature (or Not) Teens Can Be Enthusiastic, Engaged ReadersEngaging BooksThe Subtleties of Supporting Teen Development 2. Choosing to Read Good (Meaningful) BooksDisturbing BooksAutonomyTalk About Books 3. Talk to Me—Cultivating Peer Relationships Supportive Peer RelationshipsClose FriendshipsLearning RelationshipsWhen Positive Relationships Are AbsentThe Solution? Engaged Reading 4. Re-seeing Family Families ReadingFamilies and TalkFamilies, Minds, and TransformationDisturbing Books and Difficult TopicsParent Perspectives on Students' Reading Part II. The Breadth of Teen Development 5. Social-Emotional Development The Social Hub of DevelopmentTalking About Thoughts and FeelingsOn ReflectionTo Summarize 6. Who Will I Be? Building a Life Narrative Living Into a CharacterA Reflective MetaphorNarrative as a Cautionary TaleSynthesizing PrinciplesSelf-RegulationReconstructing the Socialized SelfWho Am I? Who Do I Want to Be? 7. Moral Development Developing the Moral SelfMoral JudgmentsRecognizing Language as a Potential Act of ViolenceMultiple Perspectives and Moral ReachSo . . . 8. Happiness, Wellbeing, and Other Trivial Matters GratefulnessLoss and GriefMore Healing OpportunitiesPositive Emotions and WellbeingFeeling, Heard, Understood, and Cared ForSources of Happiness and Wellbeing 9. Reading Competence Reading StrategicallyReading Strategically, on SteroidsComprehending SociallyReading CloselyReading: No Solo ActReading Competently Part III. Negotiating Literature, Teaching, and Teen Development 10. What Do We Think We're Doing? Fizzling Out of EngagementUnraveling of the Social ThreadMore Teaching ChangesKnowing Books and IndividualsNegotiating Relationships and Relational Capital 11. Seamless Teaching SeamlessnessCharacters and ChangeInferring, Especially Thoughts and FeelingsLiterature, Themes, and Life's DilemmasTeaching About How Words Capture and Shape Thoughts and FeelingsTeaching for Intellectual Flexibility 12. Inquiry, Learning, and Authority Foundations of Collaborative Dialogic InquiryDistributing Authority, Distributing TeachingTeaching for Identity ShiftsTeaching: More Than the Sum of its Parts 13. Heckling Concerns of Intellectuals, Philosophers, and the LikeParents' (and Thus Teachers') Concerns 14. The Alchemy of Young Adults' Engagements Among Books EvidenceThe Work of ConversationsThe Work of ELA Teachers and Their BooksThe Socialness of ReadingWhat Do We Want? Appendix A The Study Appendix B Young Adult Books and Other Trade Books Mentioned Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisIn a sea of troubling reporting about education, teaching, reading, and the wellbeing of teens, Ivey and Johnston bring some good news that shows what happens when we stop underestimating young people. This accessible book offers an engaging account of a 4-year study of adolescents who went from reluctant to enthusiastic readers.Table of Contents Contents (Tentative) Acknowledgments Part I. Engaging Reading, a Social Phenomenon 1. Young Adults Reading Literature (or Not) Teens Can Be Enthusiastic, Engaged ReadersEngaging BooksThe Subtleties of Supporting Teen Development 2. Choosing to Read Good (Meaningful) BooksDisturbing BooksAutonomyTalk About Books 3. Talk to Me—Cultivating Peer Relationships Supportive Peer RelationshipsClose FriendshipsLearning RelationshipsWhen Positive Relationships Are AbsentThe Solution? Engaged Reading 4. Re-seeing Family Families ReadingFamilies and TalkFamilies, Minds, and TransformationDisturbing Books and Difficult TopicsParent Perspectives on Students' Reading Part II. The Breadth of Teen Development 5. Social-Emotional Development The Social Hub of DevelopmentTalking About Thoughts and FeelingsOn ReflectionTo Summarize 6. Who Will I Be? Building a Life Narrative Living Into a CharacterA Reflective MetaphorNarrative as a Cautionary TaleSynthesizing PrinciplesSelf-RegulationReconstructing the Socialized SelfWho Am I? Who Do I Want to Be? 7. Moral Development Developing the Moral SelfMoral JudgmentsRecognizing Language as a Potential Act of ViolenceMultiple Perspectives and Moral ReachSo . . . 8. Happiness, Wellbeing, and Other Trivial Matters GratefulnessLoss and GriefMore Healing OpportunitiesPositive Emotions and WellbeingFeeling, Heard, Understood, and Cared ForSources of Happiness and Wellbeing 9. Reading Competence Reading StrategicallyReading Strategically, on SteroidsComprehending SociallyReading CloselyReading: No Solo ActReading Competently Part III. Negotiating Literature, Teaching, and Teen Development 10. What Do We Think We're Doing? Fizzling Out of EngagementUnraveling of the Social ThreadMore Teaching ChangesKnowing Books and IndividualsNegotiating Relationships and Relational Capital 11. Seamless Teaching SeamlessnessCharacters and ChangeInferring, Especially Thoughts and FeelingsLiterature, Themes, and Life's DilemmasTeaching About How Words Capture and Shape Thoughts and FeelingsTeaching for Intellectual Flexibility 12. Inquiry, Learning, and Authority Foundations of Collaborative Dialogic InquiryDistributing Authority, Distributing TeachingTeaching for Identity ShiftsTeaching: More Than the Sum of its Parts 13. Heckling Concerns of Intellectuals, Philosophers, and the LikeParents' (and Thus Teachers') Concerns 14. The Alchemy of Young Adults' Engagements Among Books EvidenceThe Work of ConversationsThe Work of ELA Teachers and Their BooksThe Socialness of ReadingWhat Do We Want? Appendix A The Study Appendix B Young Adult Books and Other Trade Books Mentioned Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisEach year, more than half a million migrant children journey from countries around the globe and enter the United States with no lawful immigration status; many of them have no parent or legal guardian to provide care and custody. Yet little is known about their experiences in a nation that may simultaneously shelter children while initiating proceedings to deport them, nor about their safety or well-being if repatriated. Migrant Youth, Transnational Families, and the State examines the draconian immigration policies that detain unaccompanied migrant children and draws on U.S. historical, political, legal, and institutional practices to contextualize the lives of children and youth as they move through federal detention facilities, immigration and family courts, federal foster care programs, and their communities across the United States and Central America.Through interviews with children and their families, attorneys, social workers, policy-makers, law enforcement, aTrade Review"This timely study shows the contradictions and complexities of the way children are treated under both immigration and family law, giving serious attention to their agency, and bringing their voices to life." * Marjorie Faulstich Orellana, University of California, Los Angeles *

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Book SynopsisHuman Rights and Adolescence presents a multifaceted inquiry into the global circumstances of adolescents, focused on the human rights challenges and socioeconomic obstacles young adults face.Trade Review"Through in-depth analysis of existing international legal norms and implementation gaps, this volume makes a compelling case for a conscious adoption of a rights-based approach toward adolescents. Carefully balanced contributions from very different horizons reflect perfectly the complexity of the issue. Their message confirms the editor's call for a deliberate international focus on the rights, challenges, and opportunities for these children on the verge of adulthood." * Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, UN Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution, and child pornography *"A timely and important volume, Human Rights and Adolescence brings together work by a diverse array of global scholars and practitioners to provide a much needed understanding of a rights-based approach to adolescence. By placing an adolescent rights agenda at the core, Human Rights and Adolescence adds a nuanced contribution to the emergent field of adolescent research and policy. This interdisciplinary volume will be useful for students of law, policy, and public health." * Martha Brady, Senior Associate, Population Council *Table of ContentsIntroduction. The Importance of a Rights-Based Approach to Adolescence —Jacqueline Bhabha PART I. UNDERSTANDING ADOLESCENCE DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES Chapter 1. Protecting and Promoting Adolescent Rights: The Contribution of International Law and Policy —Jean Zermatten Chapter 2. Transitions to Adulthood in Contemporary Italy: Balancing Sociocultural Differences and Universal Rights —Elena Rozzi Chapter 3. The Science of Adolescent Brain Development and Its Implications for Adolescent Rights and Responsibilities —Laurence Steinberg Chapter 4. Building Capability and Functioning: Reframing the Rights Agenda for Adolescents Through the Lens of Disability Rights —Victor Pineda Chapter 5. Adolescent Social and Emotional Development: A Developmental Science Perspective on Adolescent Human Rights —Clea McNeely and Krishna Bose PART II. GROWING UP WITH VIOLENCE: ADOLESCENT TRAUMA, STIGMA, AND RESILIENCE Chapter 6. Poverty, Armed Conflict, and Organized Crime: The Impact of Violence on Young People in Colombia —Christian Salazar Volkmann Chapter 7. Coming of Age in the Context of War: Reframing the Approach to Adolescent Rights —Theresa S. Betancourt, Katrina Hann, and Moses Zombo Chapter 8. Wings of the Phoenix: The Legacy of Violence for Adolescents in Postconflict Reconstruction —Elizabeth Gibbons Chapter 9. Adolescents in the Colombian Armed Conflict: Recruitment Realities and Important Lessons for Their Successful Reintegration —Katie Naeve PART III. SOCIAL INTERVENTIONS: STRATEGIC APPROACHES TO ADOLESCENT RIGHTS Chapter 10. Young Arabs and Evolving Realities: Linking Social and Economic Rights —Jocelyn DeJong and Mary Kawar Chapter 11. The Challenges Facing India in Advancing Secondary Education Attainment Among Adolescent Girls —Orla Kelly and Elizabeth A. Newnham Chapter 12. Rights and Realities for Vulnerable Youth in Urban Brazil: Challenges in the Transition to Adulthood —Irene Rizzini and Malcolm Bush Chapter 13. Youth Unemployment: Facing and Overcoming Obstacles in Partnership —Glaudine Mtshali Chapter 14. Confined by Narrow Choices: The Stories of Roma Adolescents —David Mark and Margareta Matache Chapter 15. Beginning in the Middle: Ending the Exploitation of Adolescents in India —Shantha Sinha Chapter 16. Indian Adolescence and Its Discontents: Transformational Solutions Through Education, Skill Development, and Employment —Neera Burra Chapter 17. Emerging from the Shadows: Adolescents with Disabilities Claim Their Rights Under International Law —Kerry Thompson List of Contributors Index Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisIn an adult-dominated society, teenagers are often shut out of participation in politics. We Fight to Win offers a compelling account of young people''s attempts to get involved in community politics, and documents the battles waged to form youth movements and create social change in schools and neighborhoods.Hava Rachel Gordon compares the struggles and successes of two very different youth movements: a mostly white, middle-class youth activist network in Portland, Oregon, and a working-class network of minority youth in Oakland, California. She examines how these young activists navigate schools, families, community organizations, and the mainstream media, and employ a variety of strategies to make their voices heard on some of today''s most pressing issuesùwar, school funding, the environmental crisis, the prison industrial complex, standardized testing, corporate accountability, and educational reform. We Fight to Win is one of the first books to focus onTrade Review"This book provides much insight into youth activism. We Fight to Win is written in lively prose and demonstrates that many youth are determined to engage inactivism to live out their convictions, even when adults attempt to stand in their way. I highly recommend it." -- Kraig Beyerlein * Social Forces *"Gordon successfully broadens our understanding of the salience of age as it is ordered by race, class, and gender to the formation of political consciousness, political action, civic engagement and participation in social movements. She makes visible the rich dimensions involved in understanding how youth come to participate in the public sphere and in social movement, but also how forces conspire to preclude such participation." -- Amy L. Best * author of Fast Car, Cool Rides: The Accelerating World of Youth and Their Cars *"Well researched, the book challenges readers to rethink the involvement and engagement of youth in society. Highly recommended." * Choice *

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Book SynopsisAfter school specials about teenage pregnancy abound. Whether in television or in society, the focus tends toward young girls coping with all of the emotional and physical burdens of pregnancy but rarely is the perspective of the teenage fathers portrayed. In this informative book, Mark S. Kiselica draws on his many years of counseling teenage fathers to offer a compassionate look at the difficult life circumstances and the complicated hardships these young men experience. He dispels many of the myths surrounding teenage fatherhood and shows that, contrary to popular belief, these young men are often emotionally and physically involved in relationships with their partner and their child. But without support and guidance from adults, these relationships often deteriorate in the first year of the child-'s life. Kiselica offers advice for how professionals and policy makers can assist these young men and improve services for them. When Boys Become Parents provides a moving portrait of teeTrade Review"This book shines a much-needed light on the struggles of adolescent fathers and what our society must do to help them. If every professional currently working in an adolescent parents program were to read this book, one can easily imagine a new generation of young fathers who are fully engaged in their children's lives." -- Michael Hayes * director of Family Strengthening Initiatives, Texas Attorney General's Office *"When Boys Become Parents is a significant contribution that humanizes statistical data on the topic of teenage fatherhood that has been largely ignored. This book will appeal to students in human services courses and professionals serving youth populations." -- James Garbarino * director of the Loyola University Chicago's Center for the Human Rights of Child *"Mark S. Kiselica highlights prevalent characteristics among teenage fathers and the cultural currents that shape common perceptions of them. In so doing, he dispels many myths while simultaneously acknowledging the personal struggles and contextual constraints these young males often encounter. He skillfully portrays the double bind that grips many young fathers—they are underprivileged yet underserved. The book's most significant contribution, therefore, arguably lies in its comprehensive review of programs and auxiliary resources that may be marshaled to assist young fathers and their families. Highly recommended." * Choice *"This book shines a much-needed light on the struggles of adolescent fathers and what our society must do to help them. If every professional currently working in an adolescent parents program were to read this book, one can easily imagine a new generation of young fathers who are fully engaged in their children's lives." -- Michael Hayes * director of Family Strengthening Initiatives, Texas Attorney General's Office *"When Boys Become Parents is a significant contribution that humanizes statistical data on the topic of teenage fatherhood that has been largely ignored. This book will appeal to students in human services courses and professionals serving youth populations." -- James Garbarino * director of the Loyola University Chicago's Center for the Human Rights of Child *"Mark S. Kiselica highlights prevalent characteristics among teenage fathers and the cultural currents that shape common perceptions of them. In so doing, he dispels many myths while simultaneously acknowledging the personal struggles and contextual constraints these young males often encounter. He skillfully portrays the double bind that grips many young fathers—they are underprivileged yet underserved. The book's most significant contribution, therefore, arguably lies in its comprehensive review of programs and auxiliary resources that may be marshaled to assist young fathers and their families. Highly recommended." * Choice *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Embodying the Problem presents a refreshing and original argument that provides analysis of the language and visual rhetoric of public campaigns framing teenage motherhood as a problem and provides, in dramatic response, the unexplored concerns and resistant voices of teenage mothers themselves." -- Barbara Tomlinson * author of Feminism and Affect at the Scene of Argument *“This myth-busting work rejects stigmatizing statistics and narratives about young motherhood that depict the young pregnant or parenting body as always only a problem. Young and young-of-color mothers emerge as fierce advocates for themselves and their children. Vinson includes voices and visions from within to tell new stories and to reveal new needs and possibilities for reproductive justice.” -- Adela C. Licona * Director of the Institute for LGBT Studies, University of Arizona *" A considerably impressive work of original and erudite scholarship." * Midwest Book Review *"Draws on feminist and rhetorical theory in a study of the creation, circulation, and reception of often-stigmatizing discourse on teenage pregnancy and motherhood; also analyzes the narratives, in resistance, of teen mothers themselves." * Chronicle *"Far From ‘Tragic’: Author Jenna Vinson on the Misrepresentation of Young Mothers" by Gloria Malone * Rewire *"Jenna Vinson's Embodying the Problem" spotlight * The Page 99 Test *"Jenna Vinson's Book Counters Doom-and-Gloom Narrative" by Katharine Webster QA with author * UMass Lowell News *"English professor publishes new book on shaming young mothers" by Jessica Kergo feature on book * UMass Lowell Connector *"Through analyzing various ways that young mothers resist the harmful narratives about them and their children, Vinson’s work binds data and stories to highlight how young parents simultaneously live within a stereotype and defy it at the same time." * Rewire *"Vinson’s book reveals how feminist rhetorical activism shifts conversations at local and national levels about what society considers to be an “appropriate” age for motherhood and in doing so, provides a rewarding reading experience both for scholarly purposes and for the simple pleasure of enjoying a well-written and carefully researched book." * Rhetoric Society Quarterly *"All in all, Embodying the Problem is a powerful and important contribution to feminist rhetorical studies and to medical rhetoric." * Rhetoric Review *"A strong contribution to feminist work in the field... Embodying the Problem engages with theory in an accessible way, carefully guiding readers toward an understanding of the theoretical context in both how she sets up and concludes her analyses. This book will be a valuable text in a graduate or upper-level undergraduate class on reproduction, women’s studies, health rhetorics, rhetorics of age, and/or rhetorical or qualitative methodology." * Peitho *Table of ContentsPreface: Embodying the Problem 1. The Role of the Teen Mother in Narratives of Teenage Pregnancy 2. Seeing Is Believing: How Visual Representations of Women Established the Problem of Teenage Pregnancy 3. Challenging Experts, Commonplaces, and Statistics: Teen Mothers’ Counter-narratives 4. Resisting Stigmatizing Pregnancy Prevention Initiatives: The #NoTeenShame Campaign 5. Confronting the Stranger on the Street: Embodied Exigence in Everyday Rhetorical Situations Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Embodying the Problem presents a refreshing and original argument that provides analysis of the language and visual rhetoric of public campaigns framing teenage motherhood as a problem and provides, in dramatic response, the unexplored concerns and resistant voices of teenage mothers themselves." -- Barbara Tomlinson * author of Feminism and Affect at the Scene of Argument *“This myth-busting work rejects stigmatizing statistics and narratives about young motherhood that depict the young pregnant or parenting body as always only a problem. Young and young-of-color mothers emerge as fierce advocates for themselves and their children. Vinson includes voices and visions from within to tell new stories and to reveal new needs and possibilities for reproductive justice.” -- Adela C. Licona * Director of the Institute for LGBT Studies, University of Arizona *" A considerably impressive work of original and erudite scholarship." * Midwest Book Review *"Draws on feminist and rhetorical theory in a study of the creation, circulation, and reception of often-stigmatizing discourse on teenage pregnancy and motherhood; also analyzes the narratives, in resistance, of teen mothers themselves." * Chronicle *"Far From ‘Tragic’: Author Jenna Vinson on the Misrepresentation of Young Mothers" by Gloria Malone * Rewire *"Jenna Vinson's Embodying the Problem" spotlight * The Page 99 Test *"Jenna Vinson's Book Counters Doom-and-Gloom Narrative" by Katharine Webster QA with author * UMass Lowell News *"English professor publishes new book on shaming young mothers" by Jessica Kergo feature on book * UMass Lowell Connector *"Through analyzing various ways that young mothers resist the harmful narratives about them and their children, Vinson’s work binds data and stories to highlight how young parents simultaneously live within a stereotype and defy it at the same time." * Rewire *"Vinson’s book reveals how feminist rhetorical activism shifts conversations at local and national levels about what society considers to be an “appropriate” age for motherhood and in doing so, provides a rewarding reading experience both for scholarly purposes and for the simple pleasure of enjoying a well-written and carefully researched book." * Rhetoric Society Quarterly *"All in all, Embodying the Problem is a powerful and important contribution to feminist rhetorical studies and to medical rhetoric." * Rhetoric Review *"A strong contribution to feminist work in the field... Embodying the Problem engages with theory in an accessible way, carefully guiding readers toward an understanding of the theoretical context in both how she sets up and concludes her analyses. This book will be a valuable text in a graduate or upper-level undergraduate class on reproduction, women’s studies, health rhetorics, rhetorics of age, and/or rhetorical or qualitative methodology." * Peitho *Table of ContentsPreface: Embodying the Problem 1. The Role of the Teen Mother in Narratives of Teenage Pregnancy 2. Seeing Is Believing: How Visual Representations of Women Established the Problem of Teenage Pregnancy 3. Challenging Experts, Commonplaces, and Statistics: Teen Mothers’ Counter-narratives 4. Resisting Stigmatizing Pregnancy Prevention Initiatives: The #NoTeenShame Campaign 5. Confronting the Stranger on the Street: Embodied Exigence in Everyday Rhetorical Situations Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisExamines the ways in which school spaces are culturally produced, offering insight into how urban students engage their schoolingTrade ReviewDickar’s analysis is sophisticated without resorting to jargon-laden prose, and should be relevant to and consumable by students, teachers, administrators, policy makers and academics interested in urban education reform, critical analyzes of race, class and gender, and domination and resistance. Above all, this work has important implications for understanding the processes by which urban youth and their schools negotiate their relationship. * Journal of Youth and Adolescence *Provides an insightful analysis of the ways in which space and social relationships interact to produce school cultures. Dickar's detailed analysis of this urban high school contains important lessons about the limits and possibilities of school reform. This potent study is valuable reading for policy makers and educators searching for ways to promote meaningful and lasting reform in our nation's urban schools. -- Pedro A. Noguera,author of The Trouble with Black Boys: And Other Reflections on Race, Equity, and the Future of Public EducationThe rich evidence and introduction of new analytic tools make Dickar’s work an intriguing contribution to educational research. * Book Notes *A unique perspective on the problems facing schools in urban centers. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Student Resistance and the Cultural Production of Space 1 "The Covenant Made Visible": The Hidden Curriculum of Space 2 "In a way it protects us and in a way ... it keeps us back": Scanning, School Space, and Student Identity 3 "It's just all about being popular": Hallways as Thirdspace 4 "If I can't be myself, what's the point of being here?" Language and Contested Classroom Space 5 "You have to change your whole attitude toward everything": Threshold Struggles and Infrapolitical Resistance 6 "You know the real deal, but this is just saying you got their deal": Public and Hidden Transcripts 7 A Eulogy for Renaissance: Looking Forward Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisExamines the ways in which school spaces are culturally produced, offering insight into how urban students engage their schoolingTrade ReviewDickar’s analysis is sophisticated without resorting to jargon-laden prose, and should be relevant to and consumable by students, teachers, administrators, policy makers and academics interested in urban education reform, critical analyzes of race, class and gender, and domination and resistance. Above all, this work has important implications for understanding the processes by which urban youth and their schools negotiate their relationship. * Journal of Youth and Adolescence *Provides an insightful analysis of the ways in which space and social relationships interact to produce school cultures. Dickar's detailed analysis of this urban high school contains important lessons about the limits and possibilities of school reform. This potent study is valuable reading for policy makers and educators searching for ways to promote meaningful and lasting reform in our nation's urban schools. -- Pedro A. Noguera,author of The Trouble with Black Boys: And Other Reflections on Race, Equity, and the Future of Public EducationThe rich evidence and introduction of new analytic tools make Dickar’s work an intriguing contribution to educational research. * Book Notes *A unique perspective on the problems facing schools in urban centers. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Student Resistance and the Cultural Production of Space 1 "The Covenant Made Visible": The Hidden Curriculum of Space 2 "In a way it protects us and in a way ... it keeps us back": Scanning, School Space, and Student Identity 3 "It's just all about being popular": Hallways as Thirdspace 4 "If I can't be myself, what's the point of being here?" Language and Contested Classroom Space 5 "You have to change your whole attitude toward everything": Threshold Struggles and Infrapolitical Resistance 6 "You know the real deal, but this is just saying you got their deal": Public and Hidden Transcripts 7 A Eulogy for Renaissance: Looking Forward Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisA practical professional guide for how to approach and aid troubled teens by understanding the influence of peer interactions on development and on behaviourTrade Review"An excellent guide for clinicians in their treatment of adolescents and young adults. Seltzer outlines a clear and practical road map to address both specific behavioral problems, as well as the normal struggles of transitioning from adolescence to adulthood. . . . An invaluable addition to any therapists library of treatment resources." -- Daniel J. Sonkin,author of Learning to Live Without ViolenceTable of ContentsContents Introduction Part I 1. Dealing with Development. Four Domains of Adolescent Growth 2. Dynamic Functional Interaction (DFI). A Revisionist and Sequential Model of Adolescent Development and Behavior3. Adolescents Who Are Minorities 4. Adolescents Who Are Gay 5. Parenting Adolescents Part II 6. Defining and Detecting Defensive Glitches 7. Understanding Specific Defensive Glitches Part III 8. Getting to Know the Adolescent: An Introduction to PAR Protocols 9. Phase I: Basic Questions, Basic and Circumstance-Specific Auxiliary Protocols 10. Phase I Continued: Supplementary Protocols for Further Exploration 11. Phase II: Defensive Glitch Protocols Part IV 12. Working Together: Peer-Arena Lens (PAL) Group Therapy 13. PAL Group Therapy in Action: Two Case Studies 14. PAL and the Professional: The Story of Desperate Davey

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Book SynopsisExplores the individual psychology, family dynamics, and societal messages behind bicultural developmentTrade Review"This book masterfully captures the stories of Mexican immigrants from the well-established communities in the Southwest as well as from newer communities in the Southeast. It documents a common voice of resiliency and hope and provides an insightful review of the challenges experienced by acculturating youth and their families as they pursue the American dream. A must read for practitioners and researchers interested in understanding the contemporary immigrant experience and its mental health implications." -- Flavio F. Marsiglia,Arizona State University"This is easily the best, and certainly the most empathic and insightful, treatment of the process of becoming bicultural in the United States that I have read. There is something for everyone in this book—researchers will find scientific evidence, clinicians will find insights to deepen their work, and all readers will find a teenager in its pages whose story will inform them and touch their hearts. Writing in a style that makes reading effortless, Smokowski and Bacallao render the bicultural experience accessible to all of us." -- Luis H. Zayas,Washington University, St. LouisTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments 1 From Melting Pot to Simmering Stew: Acculturation, Enculturation, Assimilation, and Biculturalism in American Racial Dynamics 2 Enculturation after Immigration: How Latino Family Systems Change and How They Stay the Same during the Diffuse, Bifurcated Stage of Acculturation Contact 3 From Contact to Conflict: How Assimilation Mechanisms Underpin the Exploration and Adaptation Stage in Bicultural Development 4 Balancing between Two Worlds: The Integration Stage of Bicultural Development 5 Cultural Adaptation Styles and Health: Risks of Staying Separate or Assimilating 6 The Benefits of Biculturalism: Savoring the Flavors in the Simmering Stew 7 Entre Dos Mundos/Between Two Worlds: A Bicultural Skills Training Prevention Program to Help Immigrant Families Cope with Acculturation Stress References Index About the Authors

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Book SynopsisProvides a new perspective on Muslim youth, presenting them as agents of creative social change and as active participants in cultural and community organisations where resistance leads to negotiated change. In a series of case studies, contributors capture the experiences of being young and Muslim in ten countries.

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Book SynopsisBrings together new scholarship that considers the role of children and teenagers in shaping American political life during the decades following the Second World War. Growing Up America places young people - and their representations - at the centre of key political trends.

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Book SynopsisSurprisingly little research has been carried out about how Australian Aboriginal children and teenagers experience life, shape their social world, and imagine the future. This volume presents recent and original studies of life experiences outside the institutional settings of childcare and education...Trade Review “The book’s strength lies in revealing aspects of Aboriginal pedagogy, sociality, and identity within complex intercultural environments. It covers a range of central Australian locations and language groups and connects the classical with the contemporary in both Aboriginal society and Australian anthropology. For its size—10 chapters in under 300 pages—its coverage is impressive.” · Anthropological Forum: A Journal of Social Anthropology and Comparative Sociology “This is a timely collection, given the rise of interest in childhood studies in the social and behavioural sciences and following the growth in emphasis on Aboriginal childhood by the Australian state over the last decades….The chapters of this volume each have distinctive strengths in their observation of Aboriginal social relationships.” · Oceania “Besides its value in exploring the manifold significance of childhoods, this collection will reassure anthropologists about the contemporary relevance of classical anthropology, in this case to shed light on what is happening in remote Aboriginal Australia. Several of the papers are gems, all are valuable, and the whole is richly rewarding in ways I can only hint at here…The authors provide some remarkable insights into the process of becoming a person in desert societies, a process that is anything but mechanical.” · JRAI “Growing Up in Central Australia is a worthwhile contribution to one of the original questions of 20th century anthropology: the relationship between childrearing, childhood experience, and culture…Given that Aboriginal (and other indigenous) people confront such rapid change, and that such large percentages of their populations are young, and that—as they say—children are the future, the volume surely represents a direction that will be of increasing importance in the future of these societies and of anthropological accounts of them.” · Anthropology Review Database “I can recommend this volume to those interested in expanding their library on the anthropology of childhood and, more specifically to scholars interested in culture and parenting, how infants become persons, role and fantasy play, peer relations in childhood and, especially, adolescent response to social change and globalisation.” · TAJA. The Australian Journal of Anthropology “There is still a very long way to go in understanding the lives Aboriginal children live today, but this book is a long overdue and much welcome first step.” · Children & Society “This excellent volume presents… a rich and timely collection of essays on contemporary Aboriginal childhood and youth, each chapter being grounded on extensive ethnographic experiences and studies…It is an original contribution to a growing field, namely the anthropology of childhood and youth…and offers ‘food for thought’ and a range of perspectives which allow the reader to better appreciate Aboriginal lives, challenges and points of view.” · Sylvie Poirier, Université Laval, QuébecTable of Contents Figures Acknowledgments Map of Australia Introduction: Aboriginal Children and Young People in Focus PART I: CHILDHOOD ACROSS TIME: HISTORICAL AND LIFE SPAN PERSPECTIVES Chapter 1. 'Less was hidden among these children': Géza Róheim, Anthropology and the Politics of Aboriginal Childhood John Morton Chapter 2. Envisioning Lives at Ernabella Katrina Tjitayi and Sandra Lewis Chapter 3. Warungka: Becoming and Un-becoming a Warlpiri Person Yasmine Musharbash Chapter 4. Fathers and Sons, Trajectories of Self – Reflections on Pintupi Lives and Futures Fred R. Myers PART II: STORIES, LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL SPACE Chapter 5.Sand Storytelling – Its Social Meaning in Anangu Children’s Lives Ute Eickelkamp Chapter 6.Young Children's Social Meaning-Making in a New Mixed Language Carmel O'Shannessey Appendix Chapter 7.The Yard Craig San Roque PART III: YOUTH, IDENTITY AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION Chapter 8. Organization within Disorder – The Present and Future of Young People in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands David Brooks Chapter 9. Being Mardu: Change and Challenge for Some Western Desert Young People Today Myrna Tonkinson Chapter 10. Invisible and Visible Loyalties in Racialized Contexts: A Systemic Perspective on Aboriginal Youth Marika Moisseeff Appendix Notes on Contributors References Index

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Book SynopsisArab Youth explores some of the antecedents of the upheavals and anticipates alternative venues of resistance that marginalized youth, from Lebanon, Syria and Palestine to Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Iran, can mobilize to realize their emancipatory expectations.Trade ReviewEndorsements: "Arab youth have toppled dictatorships across the region in 2011. This book provides the best insights into the culture, politics and consciousness of the generation that led the Arab Awakening. Bringing together innovative scholarship by leading authorities from around the world, Arab Youth is essential reading for anyone who want to understand the revolutions of 2011." Eugene Rogan (Director, The Middle East Centre, University of Oxford) "Samir and Roseanne Khalaf's critical collection dynamically captures one of the most electrifying moments in modern Arab history. The book is prescient in anticipation of the Arab Spring and the leading role played by youth. The data is rich; the analyses are sharp; and the implications are powerfully drawn. The volume could not be more timely." Suad Joseph, Professor of Anthropology and Women and Gender Studies, University of California, Davis 'This collection provides the most accurate and comprehensive insights into the mindsets and conditions of youth in the Arab world that I have seen in recent years. Anyone interested in penetrating the world and the worldviews of young Arab men and women should start here.' Rami Khouri, American University of BeirutTable of ContentsIntroduction: Roseanne & Samir Khalaf "On the Marginalization and Mobilization of Arab Youth" Chapter 1: Youth as a Social Category Wyn, Johanna (University of Melbourne) "Youth as a Social Category" Bayat, Asef (Leiden University) "Reclaiming Youthfulness" Singerman, Diane (American University, Washington, D.C.) "Bringing Back Materiality to the Question of Youth, Marriage & Sexuality" Courbage, Youssef (National Institute of Demography, Paris) "The Demographic Youthful Bulge and Social Rupture" Chapter 2: Negotiating Identity in Times of Risk Curtis N. Rhodes, Jr., Haytham A. Mihyar & Ghada Abu El-Rous (Questscope,Amman) "Social Learning & Community Participation with Children at Risk In Two Marginalized Urban Neighborhoods in Amman, Jordan" Yamani, Mai (Independent Academic) "Saudi Youth: Initiative and Inertia" Larkin, Craig (University of Exeter) "Between Silence and Scream: The Lebanese Postmemory Experience" Chapter 3: Representation and Self-Perception Mahdavi, Pardis (Pomona College) "Re-creating Recreation: The Politics of Fun in the Islamic Republic of Iran" Khalaf, Roseanne (American University of Beirut) "Idealistic and Indignant Young Lebanese" Kegels, Nicolien (Independent Researcher and Writer) "In Good Times or Bad? The Discourse of National Identity of the Lebanese Upper Class Youth" Chapter 4: Militancy and Street Violence Peteet, Julie (University of Louisville) "Male Gender and Rituals of Resistance in the Palestinian Intifada: A Cultural Politics of Violence" Abi Samra, Mohammad (An-Nahar) "Comparison Between the Lifestyles of Two Youth Groups in Tripoli" Sbeity, Fidel (Free Lance Journalist) "Street Violence among Youth Gangs in Chiah in 1975" Chapter 5: Voluntarism and Civil Society Dueck, Jennifer (Oxford University) "Uniforms and Salutes: Fascism and Religion in the Youth Politics of Syria and Lebanon under French Rule" Gahre, Christian (International Peace Research Institute, Oslo) "Youth Networks, Space and Political Mobilization: Lebanon's Independence Intifada" Chapter 6: Popular Culture and Music Deeb, Lara (Scripps College) & Harb, Mona (American University of Beirut) "Sanctioned Pleasures: Youth Negotiation of Leisure Sites of Morality in Al-Dahiya" Gazzah, Miriam (University of Amsterdam) "Muslim Youth Culture in the Netherlands: A Mix of Islam, Ethnicity & Politics" Landau, Carolyn (City University, London) "Music Consumption & Identity: Exploring Cultural and Religious Transnational Connections amongst Moroccan Youth in Britain & Beyond" Nassar, Angelina (American University of Beirut) "Scratch the Past-This is Our Soundtrack: Hip Hop in Lebanon"

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Book SynopsisAsks, what is a child, what is a parent and why does a child need a parent. A warm and human way of understanding the nature and needs of children.

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