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Geographies of Global Issues: Change and Threat [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Nicola Ansell, Natascha Klocker, Tracey Skelton
| Geographies of Global Issues: Change and Threat [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Nicola Ansell, Natascha Klocker, Tracey Skelton |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (Approx. 500 p. 1 illus.) |
| Disciplina | 304.2 |
| Collana | Geographies of Children and Young People |
| Soggetto topico |
Human geography
Childhood Adolescence Sociology Human Geography Childhood, Adolescence and Society Sociological Theory |
| ISBN | 981-4585-95-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910337725703321 |
| Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Geographies of Global Issues: Change and Threat / / edited by Nicola Ansell, Natascha Klocker, Tracey Skelton
| Geographies of Global Issues: Change and Threat / / edited by Nicola Ansell, Natascha Klocker, Tracey Skelton |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (34 illus., 30 illus. in color. eReference.) |
| Disciplina | 300 |
| Collana | Geographies of Children and Young People |
| Soggetto topico |
Human geography
Sociology Social groups Human Geography Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging Sociological Theory |
| ISBN | 981-4585-54-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Series Preface -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Editor-in-Chief -- Contributors -- 1 Geographies of Global Issues: Change and Threat in Young People´s Lives -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Overview - Geographies of Global Issues: Change and Threat -- 2.1 Processes and Impacts -- 2.2 Environmental Knowledge, Change, and Issues -- 3 Conclusion -- References -- Part I: Globalization: Processes and Impacts -- 2 Political Economy of Children´s Work: Economic Restructuring, the Coffee Trade, and Social Reproduction in Post-socialist Et... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Perspectives on Children´s Work -- 3 Embedding Children´s Work in Political Economy -- 3.1 Privatization and Cuts in Public Expenditure -- 3.2 Expanded Effects of Economic Restructuring on Social Reproduction -- 4 Rural Development and Children´s Work in Ethiopia -- 4.1 Ethiopia After Socialism -- 4.2 Rural Livelihoods in Gedeo Zone -- 4.3 Infiltration of Commercial Agriculture -- 4.4 Livelihoods Displacement and the Coffee Crisis -- 4.5 Consequences of the Cash Economy -- 4.6 Reallocating Household Responsibilities to Children -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 3 College Entrepreneurs in India: The Fortune at the Bottom of a Pyramid Scheme -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Youth, Education, and Work -- 3 Going Round in Circles -- 4 Making a Path -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- 4 Youth Entrepreneurship and Socioeconomic Change in Urban Ghana -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Entrepreneurship -- 3 Youth Entrepreneurship in Africa -- 4 Entrepreneurship in Ghana: History and Features -- 5 Youth Entrepreneurship Spaces in Urban Ghana -- 5.1 ``Managing´´: Moving Around -- 5.2 Hairdressers and Dressmakers: The Rise and Fall of Vocations -- 5.3 The ``Bases´´: Producing Youth Associational Spaces -- 6 Conclusion -- References.
5 Mega-Sporting Events, Rights, and Children´s Everyday Lives: Exploring the Impact of the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Mega-Sporting Events: Processes and Challenges of Hosting Global Events -- 3 The Changing Context of Children´s Rights in Brazil -- 4 Research Methods -- 5 Documenting Children´s Rights Violations -- 6 Exploring the Impacts of Hosting MSEs on Children -- 7 Police (and Army) Violence -- 7.1 Street Children -- 7.2 Children in Favelas -- 7.3 Children in Protests -- 8 Displacement -- 8.1 Sexual Exploitation -- 8.2 Child Work -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- 6 Childcare Arrangements of Burmese Migrant Workers in Thailand -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Childcare Options for Migrant Workers -- 3 Research Methods -- 4 Migrant Workers in Thailand -- 4.1 Mae Sot -- 4.2 Three Pagoda Pass -- 4.3 Phra Pradaeng District, Samut Prakan, and Bangkok -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 7 Migrant Domestic Workers and the Globalization of Childcare -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Global Flows of Workers: Exporting and Importing Childcare Labor -- 2.1 Migrant Childcare Workers and Ethnic Stereotypes -- 2.2 What´s in a Name? Nannies, Au Pairs, and Domestic Workers -- 2.2.1 Nannies -- 2.2.2 Au Pairs -- 2.2.3 Child Domestic Workers -- 3 Globalization, Privatization, and Competitive Care -- 3.1 Competitive Mothering and Care Workers -- 3.2 Sharing Childcare Practices -- 4 Global Care Chains and Their Discontents -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 8 Football as a Vehicle for Development: Lessons from Male Ghanaian Youth -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Ghanaian Football in the Era of Developmental State Policies -- 3 Ghanaian Football in the Post-structural Adjustment Era -- 3.1 Football as a Vehicle for Development -- 3.2 Financialization and Speculation in Colts Football -- 4 Conclusion -- References. 9 Young People´s Construction of Global Citizenship Through Internet Use -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Being Young in a Digital and Global Society -- 3 Young People and a Changing Civic Engagement -- 4 Territoriality and New Notions of Citizenship -- 5 From Citizens in the Making to Active Political Participation -- 6 The Internet and the Changing Spatial Construction of the Classroom -- 7 Conclusion: What Does It Mean to Be a Young Global Citizen? -- References -- 10 Education, International Volunteering, and Citizenship: Young People´s Subjectivities and Geographies of Development -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Geographies of Development, Encounters, and Subjectivities -- 3 Institutionalizing and Instrumentalizing Young People and Global Citizenship -- 3.1 Case Study 1: International Volunteering and Development -- 3.2 Case Study 2: Development Education and Global Learning -- 4 Multiple Geographies of Development and Citizenship -- 4.1 Case Study 3: Global Citizenship in Higher Education -- 4.2 Case Study 4: Faith-Based Volunteering Subjectivities and Development -- 4.3 Case Study 5: International Volunteering, Citizenship, and Affect -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 11 Africa´s Vulnerable Children and the Millennium Development Goals: Experiences and Interventions in Malawi -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Evolution of Children´s Rights and the MDGs -- 3 The MDGs and Child Poverty in Malawi -- 3.1 The State of Malawi´s Children in the MDG Era -- 3.2 Food Security -- 3.3 Education -- 3.4 Infectious Diseases -- 4 Frameworks for Ending Child Poverty in Malawi from Multiple Scales -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 12 Childhood in ``Crisis´´ in the Era of AIDS: Risk, Orphanhood, and Policy in Southern Africa -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Childhoods in Crisis -- 3 The AIDS Epidemic and the ``Crisis of a Generation´´ -- 4 The End of a Crisis and the ``AIDS-Free Generation´´. 5 Reconceptualizing the AIDS Orphan Crisis -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- 13 Governing the Global Child: Biopolitics and Liberal Subjectivities -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Governmentality Theory -- 3 Governing Rationalities -- 4 Governing Rationalities 1: NGOs and the Emergence of the Nonpolitical Child -- 5 Governing Rationalities 2: International Law and the Formation of the Rights-Bearing Child -- 6 Governing Rationalities 3: The Psy-sciences -- 7 Governing Rationalities 4: The New Social Studies of Childhood -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- 14 Globalizing Education from Christian Missionaries to Corporate Finance: Global Actors, Global Agendas, and the Shaping of G... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Children´s Geographies, Education, and Globalization -- 3 Globalizing Education Until the Mid-Twentieth Century: Religious and Colonial Motives -- 3.1 Spreading Christianity -- 3.2 Serving Colonialism -- 4 Globalizing Education Since the Mid-Twentieth Century: International Development and the Emergence of Neoliberalism -- 4.1 International Development: A New Rationale and New Goals -- 4.2 Neoliberalism and Transnational Corporate Power -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Part II: Environmental Knowledge, Change, and Issues -- 15 Child Health and Survival in a Changing Climate: Vulnerability, Mitigation, and Adaptation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Child Vulnerability to the Health Impacts of Climate Change -- 2.1 Drought -- 2.2 Floods -- 2.3 Tropical Storms -- 2.4 Heat Waves -- 3 Vector-Borne Diseases -- 3.1 Malaria -- 3.2 Dengue -- 4 Waterborne Diseases -- 5 Respiratory Illnesses -- 6 Key Uncertainties and Knowledge Gaps -- 7 Protecting Child Health and Survival in a Changing Climate -- 7.1 Climate Change Mitigation -- 7.2 Climate Change Adaptation -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- 16 Children, Young People, and Climate Change: A Gender Perspective -- 1 Introduction. 2 Gender Perspectives Matter in Climate Change Discourse -- 3 Gendered Climate Change Impacts and Vulnerabilities Among Children and Young People -- 3.1 Increased School Dropout -- 3.2 Increased Burden of Water Collection -- 3.2.1 Reduced Social and Intellectual Development -- 3.2.2 Health Implications -- 3.2.3 Sexual Harassment and Abuse -- 3.3 Harmful Coping Practices -- 3.4 Impact on Human Dignity -- 3.5 Early and Forced Marriage -- 3.6 Increased Poor Nutrition -- 4 Addressing Climate Change from a Gendered and Young People´s Perspective -- 5 Gender Mainstreaming as a Means to Integrate Children and Young People´s Gendered Concerns -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- 17 Young People and Global Climate Change: Emotions, Coping, and Engagement in Everyday Life -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Aim of the Chapter -- 3 Worry as the Main Emotion Related to Climate Change -- 4 How do Young People Come in Contact with Climate Change? -- 5 Worry Leading to? -- 6 What Is Coping? -- 7 De-Emphasizing the Seriousness of the Climate Threat -- 8 Emotion-Focused Coping -- 9 Problem-Focused Coping -- 10 Meaning-Focused Coping and Hope -- 11 Coping in a Social Context -- 12 Conclusion -- References -- 18 Environmental Ascription: Industrial Pollution, Place, and Children´s Health and Learning in the USA -- 1 Introduction: Defining Environmental Injustice and Environmental Ascription -- 2 Environmental Inequality and Children´s Health -- 3 Patterns: The Proximity of Toxics to Children and Schools in the USA -- 4 Consequences I: Polluted Places and Childhood Respiratory, Developmental, and Neurological Diseases -- 5 Consequences II: Polluted Place and Diminished School Performance -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- 19 Disasters, Displacement, and Disruption: Children and Young People´s Experience of Spatial Change Following Disasters -- 1 Introduction. 2 Disaster Research: Some Challenges. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910253346603321 |
| Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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