Work with youth in divided and contested societies / / edited by Doug Magnuson and Michael Baizerman.

• TeilnehmendeR: Magnuson, Doug,; Baizerman, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam, Netherlands ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2007]; 2007
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Doug Magnuson and Michael Baizerman -- Introduction / Michael Baizerman -- The Perils, Promise, and Practice of Youthwork in Conflict Societies / Doug Magnuson -- Introduction to Contexts and Policy / Doug Magnuson and Michael Baizerman -- Categories and Illusions: Child Soldiers in Burundi / Phil Lancaster -- Youth in War-to-Peace Transitions: Approaches of International Organizations Executive Summary and Introduction / Yvonne Kemper -- The Socio-Political Approach: Youth – A Peace Constituency? / Yvonne Kemper -- The Development Progress of Community Relations Youthwork in Northern Ireland: 1968–2005 / Paul Smyth -- Youth and Nation Building in South Africa: From Youth Struggles to Youth Development / Steve Mokwena -- The Proni Center for Social Education: Effective Youthwork Practice in Contested Space / Sanja Spanja -- Introduction to Research, Theory, and Youth in Contested Spaces / Doug Magnuson and Michael Baizerman -- Youth Narratives in Contested Spaces and Their Implications for Youthwork / Siobhán McEvoy-Levy -- Against All Odds: Surviving the War on Adolescents Promoting the Protection and Capacity of Ugandan and Sudanese Adolescents in Northern Uganda / Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children -- “It’s Not Just Bagels and Bhajis:” Reflections on a Research Revolt, Youth Participation, and Minority Ethnicity in Northern Ireland / Katy Radford -- Winning the war: Rhetoric or Reality for Youth in Northern Ireland and South Africa? / Tony Morgan and Vasintha Veeran -- Youthwork in Conflict Societies: From Divergence to Convergence / Alan Grattan and Susan Morgan -- The Legacy of Conflict in Northern Ireland: Paramilitarism, Violence, and Youthwork in Contested Spaces / Ken Harland -- Introduction to Programs and Organizations / Vesna Ognjenovic , Bojana Skorc and Svetlana Ivackovic -- The story of Popular Achievement: A Model of Youth Civic Engagement in Palestine / Suzanne Hammad and Tareq AlBakri -- An Invisible Conflict: The Clash of Cultural, Political, National, and Civic Identities Within Palestinian Youth Growing up Inside Israel / Rebecca Manski -- Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia: Stop the Vow of Silence / Snežana Kresoja -- Public Achievement Northern Ireland / Doug Magnuson and Michael Baizerman -- St. Columb’s Park House / Doug Magnuson and Michael Baizerman -- Resource Action Group (RAG) / Tanja E. Bosch -- Children’s Radio Education Workshop (CREW) / Tanja E. Bosch -- Play for Peace / Stephanie Griffin -- Introduction to Stories from Workers / Doug Magnuson and Michael Baizerman -- Israel / Doug Magnuson and Michael Baizerman -- Northern Ireland / Doug Magnuson and Michael Baizerman -- South Africa / Doug Magnuson and Michael Baizerman -- Iraq / Doug Magnuson and Michael Baizerman -- Gaza / Doug Magnuson and Michael Baizerman -- Palestine / Doug Magnuson and Michael Baizerman -- Syria / Doug Magnuson and Michael Baizerman -- Tala Sweiss / Doug Magnuson and Michael Baizerman -- Liljanna Karanov / Doug Magnuson and Michael Baizerman -- Serbia / Doug Magnuson and Michael Baizerman -- Being Addressed and Obsessed by Questions: Calls and Cries from the Meetings of Youthwork in Contested Spaces / Jerry Stein and Michael Baizerman -- What Have We Learned? / Michael Baizerman -- List of Contributors / Doug Magnuson and Michael Baizerman.