Decolonizing Childhoods

From Exclusion to Dignity
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4473-5641-7
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 436 g

European colonization of other continents has had far-reaching and lasting consequences for the construction of childhoods and children’s lives throughout the world.

Liebel presents critical postcolonial and decolonial thought currents along with international case studies from countries in Africa, Latin America, and former British settler colonies to examine the complex and multiple ways that children throughout the Global South continue to live with the legacy of colonialism.

Building on the work of Cannella and Viruru, he explores how these children are affected by unequal power relations, paternalistic policies and violence by state and non-state actors, before showing how we can work to ensure that children’s rights are better promoted and protected, globally.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Liebel, Manfred

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I ~ How to Understand Childhoods in the Postcolonial Context

Childhoods From Postcolonial Perspectives

Colonialism and Colonization of Childhoods

Postcolonial Theories From the Global South

Part II ~ Children Under Colonial and Postcolonial Rule

State violence against children in British Empire and settler colonies

Racist civilization of children in Latin America

Pitfalls of postcolonial education and child policies in Africa

Part III ~ Children’s Rights and the Decolonization of Childhoods

Postcolonial Dilemmas of Children’s Rights

Beyond Paternalism: Plea for the De-Paternalization of Children’s Protection and Participation

Children’s Movements as Citizenship from Below

Epilogue: Childhoods and Children’s Rights Beyond Postcolonial Paternalism

Über Autor(innen)

Liebel, Manfred
Manfred Liebel is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Technical University Berlin and Lecturer on Childhood Studies and Children’s Rights at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam.