- Integrates Childhood Studies and Development Studies, providing a novel addition to both fields
- Helps to drive forward debates around age and generation in relation to development studies
- Combines a wide range of topics covered by both established and newer researchers in the field
Integrates Childhood Studies and Development Studies, providing a novel addition to both fields
Helps to drive forward debates around age and generation in relation to development studies
Combines a wide range of topics covered by both established and newer researchers in the field
Roy Huijsmans is Senior Lecturer in Children & Youth Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in the Hague, the Netherlands (part of Erasmus University Rotterdam). He has written on childhood, youth and migration, the generational dynamics of multi-local householding, and on nationalism, youth and mobile telephony.
"This exciting and timely collection, framed by an excellent introduction and concluding discussion, is a key resource not only for students of international development at all levels, but also for policy makers and practitioners alike, as they grapple with some key problems relating to children and youth facing the world today.” (Virginia Morrow, University of Oxford, UK)
"This sparkling new volume brings together established and emerging names in the study of children and youth globally to fundamentally reorient our thinking on age, development, and generation. A tour de force.” (Craig Jeffrey, University of Melbourne, Australia)
"This is a wonderfully rich and diverse collection of articles offering fascinating insights into the lives of young people across the world. Theoretically sophisticated but highly readable, it brings together cutting edge research from many disciplines and expands our knowledge and understanding of young people in exciting and thought-provoking ways.” (Heather Montgomery, The Open University, UK)
"Generationing Development provides critical and useful perspectives on the important role of children and youth in development as well as the embeddedness of development processes in experiences of childhood and youth. The book is a long overdue and necessary addition to the interdisciplinary fields of childhood studies and youth studies.” (Tatek Abebe, Norwegian University of Sciences and Technology)
This ground-breaking book weaves together insights from the children and youth studies literature and critical development studies. Debunking the idea of childhood and youth as self-evident social categories, the author unravels how these generational constructs are (re)constituted and experienced in relational terms in development contexts spanning both the Global South and the Global North.
Running through these chapters is a fundamental concern with age, gender and generation as key principles of social differentiation. This is developed in Part 1 at a theoretical level, and applied to everyday contexts, including school, work, migration and the street in Part 2. Part 3 zooms in on the generational dynamics of development by exploring how prominent development interventions (conditional cash transfers, schooling) problems (gender discrimination) and questions (the generational question of farming) shape the (gendered) experience of being young and growing up.
1. 'Generationing´ Development: An introduction.
Roy Huijsmans
PART I: Theorising Age and Generation in Young Lives
2. Locating Young Refugees Historically: Attending to age position in humanitarianism
Jason Hart
3. Bodies, Brains and Age: Unpacking the age question in the Dutch sex work debate
Sara Vida Coumans
4. The Impact of `Age-Class´ on Becoming a Young Farmer in an Industrialised Agricultural Sector: Insights from Nova Scotia, Canada.
Elyse N. Mills
5. Mainstreaming Social Age in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Progress, pitfalls and prospects
Christina Clark-Kazak
PART II: Everyday Relationalities: School, work and belonging
6. ´Generationing´ School Bullying: Age-based power relations, the hidden curriculum and bullying in northern Vietnamese schools
Paul Horton
7. `Being Small is Good´: A relational understanding of dignity and vulnerability among young male shoe-shiners and lottery vendors on the streets of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Degwale G. Belay8. `We Don´t Even Use Our Older Children´: Young children accompanying blind adult beggars in Tamale, Ghana
Wedadu Sayibu9. Travelling Identities: Gendered experiences while doing research with young allochtoon Dutch Muslims
Mahardhika Sjamsoeoed Sadjad
Part III: Negotiating Development
10. Subjects of Development: Teachers, parents and youth negotiating education in rural North India
Karuna Morarji
11. Little People, Big Words: `Generationing´ conditional cash transfers in urban Ecuador
María Gabriela Palacio
12. Growing Up Unwanted: Girls´ experiences of gender discrimination and violence in Tamil Nadu, India
Sharada Srinivasan
13. Youth, Farming and Precarity in Rural Burundi
Lidewyde H. Berckmoes and Ben White
Commentary
14. Age and Generation in the Service of Development?
Nicola Ansell
"This volume is a timely addition for academics and practitioners working in policy, youth and development fields. ... The volume provides timely insights for why children and youth perspectives need to be integrated within current development research and approaches.” (Jessica Clendenning, Children's Geographies, Vol. 17 (6), 2019)
This ground-breaking book weaves together insights from the children and youth studies literature and critical development studies. Debunking the idea of childhood and youth as self-evident social categories, the author unravels how these generational constructs are (re)constituted and experienced in relational terms in development contexts spanning both the Global South and the Global North.
Running through these chapters is a fundamental concern with age, gender and generation as key principles of social differentiation. This is developed in Part 1 at a theoretical level, and applied to everyday contexts, including school, work, migration and the street in Part 2. Part 3 zooms in on the generational dynamics of development by exploring how prominent development interventions (conditional cash transfers, schooling) problems (gender discrimination) and questions (the generational question of farming) shape the (gendered) experience of being young and growing up.
Chapter 1. 'Generationing' Development: An introduction; Roy Huijsmans.- PART I: Theorising Age and Generation in Young Lives.- Chapter 2. Locating Young Refugees Historically: Attending to age position in humanitarianism; Jason Hart.- Chapter 3. Bodies, Brains and Age: Unpacking the age question in the Dutch sex work debate; Sara Vida Coumans.- Chapter 4. The Impact of 'Age-Class' on Becoming a Young Farmer in an Industrialised Agricultural Sector: Insights from Nova Scotia, Canada; Elyse N. Mills.- Chapter 5. Mainstreaming Social Age in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Progress, pitfalls and prospects; Christina Clark-Kazak.- PART II: Everyday Relationalities: School, work and belonging.- Chapter 6 'Generationing' School Bullying: Age-based power relations, the hidden curriculum and bullying in northern Vietnamese schools; Paul Horton.- Chapter 7. 'Being Small is Good': A relational understanding of dignity and vulnerability among young male shoe-shiners and lottery vendors on the streets of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Degwale G. Belay.- 8. 'We Don't Even Use Our Older Children': Young children accompanying blind adult beggars in Tamale, Ghana; Wedadu Sayibu.- Chapter 9.Travelling Identities: Gendered experiences while doing research with young allochtoon Dutch Muslims; Mahardhika Sjamsoeoed Sadjad.- Part III: Negotiating Development.- Chapter 10.Subjects of Development: Teachers, parents and youth negotiating education in rural North India.- Karuna Morarji.- Chapter 11.Little People, Big Words: 'Generationing' conditional cash transfers in urban Ecuador; María Gabriela Palacio.- Chapter 12. Growing Up Unwanted: Girls' experiences of gender discrimination and violence in Tamil Nadu, India; Sharada Srinivasan.- Chapter 13. Youth, Farming and Precarity in Rural Burundi; Lidewyde H. Berckmoes and Ben White.- Chapter 14. Commentary: Age and Generation in the Service of Development?; Nicola Ansell.
"This volume is a timely addition for academics and practitioners working in policy, youth and development fields. ... The volume provides timely insights for why children and youth perspectives need to be integrated within current development research and approaches." (Jessica Clendenning, Children's Geographies, Vol. 17 (6), 2019)
Roy Huijsmans is Senior Lecturer in Children & Youth Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in the Hague, the Netherlands (part of Erasmus University Rotterdam). He has written on childhood, youth and migration, the generational dynamics of multi-local householding, and on nationalism, youth and mobile telephony.
Über den Autor
Roy Huijsmans is Senior Lecturer in Children & Youth Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in the Hague, the Netherlands (part of Erasmus University Rotterdam). He has written on childhood, youth and migration, the generational dynamics of multi-local householding, and on nationalism, youth and mobile telephony.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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1. 'Generationing' Development: An introduction.
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Roy Huijsmans
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PART I: Theorising Age and Generation in Young Lives
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2. Locating Young Refugees Historically: Attending to age position in humanitarianism
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Jason Hart
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3. Bodies, Brains and Age: Unpacking the age question in the Dutch sex work debate
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Sara Vida Coumans
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4. The Impact of 'Age-Class' on Becoming a Young Farmer in an Industrialised Agricultural Sector: Insights from Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Elyse N. Mills
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5. Mainstreaming Social Age in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Progress, pitfalls and prospects
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Christina Clark-Kazak
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PART II: Everyday Relationalities: School, work and belonging
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6. 'Generationing' School Bullying: Age-based power relations, the hidden curriculum and bullying in northern Vietnamese schools
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Paul Horton
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7. 'Being Small is Good': A relational understanding of dignity and vulnerability among young male shoe-shiners and lottery vendors on the streets of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
nnDegwale G. Belay
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8. 'We Don't Even Use Our Older Children': Young children accompanying blind adult beggars in Tamale, Ghana
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9. Travelling Identities: Gendered experiences while doing research with young allochtoon Dutch Muslims
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Mahardhika Sjamsoeoed Sadjad
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Part III: Negotiating Development
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10. Subjects of Development: Teachers, parents and youth negotiating education in rural North India
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Karuna Morarji
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11. Little People, Big Words: 'Generationing' conditional cash transfers in urban Ecuador
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María Gabriela Palacio
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12. Growing Up Unwanted: Girls' experiences of gender discrimination and violence in Tamil Nadu, India
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Sharada Srinivasan
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13. Youth, Farming and Precarity in Rural Burundi
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Lidewyde H. Berckmoes and Ben White
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Commentary
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14. Age and Generation in the Service of Development?
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Nicola Ansell
Klappentext
This ground-breaking book weaves together insights from the children and youth studies literature and critical development studies. Debunking the idea of childhood and youth as self-evident social categories, the author unravels how these generational constructs are (re)constituted and experienced in relational terms in development contexts spanning both the Global South and the Global North.
Running through these chapters is a fundamental concern with age, gender and generation as key principles of social differentiation. This is developed in Part 1 at a theoretical level, and applied to everyday contexts, including school, work, migration and the street in Part 2. Part 3 zooms in on the generational dynamics of development by exploring how prominent development interventions (conditional cash transfers, schooling) problems (gender discrimination) and questions (the generational question of farming) shape the (gendered) experience of being young and growing up.
- Integrates Childhood Studies and Development Studies, providing a novel addition to both fields
- Helps to drive forward debates around age and generation in relation to development studies
- Combines a wide range of topics covered by both established and newer researchers in the field
