MACMILLAN Children and Borders (Studies in Childhood and Youth)

Product Description This collection brings together an interdisciplinary pool of scholars to explore the relationship between children and borders with richly-documented ethnographic studies from around the world. The book provides a penetrating account of how borders affect children's lives and how children play a constitutive role in the social life of borders. Review “This book provides plenty of evidence, including many photos, that new walls are constructed on many borders, to keep out those that would otherwise freely enter or to simply reinforce that ‘the other’ is not wanted. … The 15 chapters of this collection provide rich local insights. … The book as a whole makes intriguing reading … . The excellent index … helps busy users to locate keywords and specific scenarios quickly and effectively.” (Werner Menski, Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, Vol. 30 (3), 2016) “The work outlined within this particular volume provides fertile ground for further interdisciplinary exploration of how children engage with borders. … This volume enables the two fields of study to take a closer step to one another, enriching both in the process. … The collection brings together accounts that serve as an important starting point, calling researchers within these respective fields to attention.” (Allegra, allegralaboratory.net, November, 2015) About the Author Stuart C. Aitken, San Diego State University, USA Bree Akesson, McGill University, Canada Sonja Arndt, University of Waikato, New Zealand Chandni Basu, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Germany Carla Buil, University College Maastricht, the Netherlands Merike Darmody, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Lisa M. Dorner, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA Marisa O. Ensor, University of Tennessee, USA Omri Grinberg, University of Toronto, Canada Roy Huijsmans, International Institute of Social Studies, the Netherlands Livia Jiménez Sedano, New University of Lisbon, Portugal Elizabeth Kennedy, San Diego State University, USA Sujin Kim, University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA Dagmar Kutsar, University of Tartu, Estonia Leana Lahesoo, University of Tartu, Estonia Madeleine Leonard is a Professor of Sociology at Queen's University, Northern Ireland Sofia Marques da Silva, University of Porto, Portugal Sylvia Meichsner, Open University, UK Martina McKnight, Queen's University, Northern Ireland Melissa Siegel, Maastricht University, the Netherlands Kate Swanson, San Diego State University, USA Marek Tesar, University of Auckland, New Zealand Tr?n Th? Hà Lan, independent researcher