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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452623703321

Autore

Jacob Cecilia

Titolo

Child security in Asia : the impact of armed conflict in Cambodia and Myanmar / / Cecilia Jacob

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-315-88990-0

1-134-50885-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Collana

Routledge contemporary Asia series

Disciplina

362.7

Soggetti

Child welfare - Southeast Asia

Human security - Southeast Asia

Child welfare - Cambodia

Child welfare - Burma

Children and war - Cambodia

Children and war - Burma

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; Child Security in Asia; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication ; Table of Contents ; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part I ; 1 Childhood, security and protection: concepts and theoretical approach ; 2 Locating children in global politics: a political sociological approach ; 3 Conceptualizing child security: rights, agency, participation and protection ; Part II ; 4 Power, protection and the discourse of security in Cambodia ; 5 Post-conflict governance and child protection in Cambodia ; 6 Conflict, militarization and displacement: child insecurity in Myanmar

7 Responding to child insecurity in Myanmar and the borderlands: the protection gap Conclusion: the politics of protecting children and implications for security analysis ; Notes; Bibliography; Personal interviews; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<P>Millions of children around the world are affected by conflict, and the enduring aftermath of war in post-conflict societies. This book reflects on the implications of children's insecurity for governments and



the international humanitarian community by drawing on original field research in post-conflict Cambodia and in Burma's eastern conflict zones. </P><P></P><P>The book examines the way that politics and discourses of security and child protection have further marginalised rather than enhanced the protection of children. In Cambodia, threats from trafficking, exploitative labour, and hi