{"product_id":"9781461467793","title":"Vulnerable Children: Global Challenges in Education, Health, Well-Being, and Child Rights","description":"\u003ch1\u003eVulnerable Children: Global Challenges in Education, Health, Well-Being, and Child Rights\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eJohnson, Deborah J.; Agbényiga, DeBrenna LaFa; Hitchcock, Robert K.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey are laborers, soldiers, refugees, and orphans. In areas of the world torn by poverty, disease, and war, millions of children are invisible victims, deprived of home, family, and basic human rights. Their chances for a stable adult life are extremely slim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe powerful interdisciplinary volume \u003ci\u003eVulnerable Children\u003c\/i\u003e brings a global child-rights perspective to the lives of indigenous, refugee, and minority children in and from crisis-prone regions. Focusing on self-determination, education, security, health, and related issues, an international panel of scholars examines the structural and political sources of children's vulnerabilities and their effects on development. The book analyzes intervention programs currently in place and identifies challenges that must be met at both the community and larger policy levels. These chapters also go a long way to explain the often-blurred line between vulnerability and resilience. Included in the coverage:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDilemmas of rights-based approaches to child well-being in an African cultural context.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoverty and minority children’s education in the U.S.: case study of a Sudanese refugee family.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe heterogeneity of young children’s experiences in Kenya and Brazil.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA world tour of interventions for children of a parent with a psychiatric illness.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn exploration of fosterage of Owambo orphans in Namibia.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUNICEF in Colombia: defending and nurturing childhood in media, public, and policy discourses.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVulnerable Children \u003c\/i\u003eis a must-have volume for researchers, graduate students, and clinicians\/professionals\/practitioners across a range of fields, including child and school psychology, social work, maternal and child health, developmental psychology, anthropology, sociology, social policy, and public health.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2013-04-27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781461467793\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4614-6780-9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 278\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer New York","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50149277794444,"sku":"9781461467793","price":161.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781461467793.jpg?v=1779574365","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781461467793","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}