Children and Youth on the Front Line: Ethnography, Armed Conflict and Di<|

Children and Youth on the Front LineEthnography, Armed Conflict and Displacement\nAuthor(s): Jo Boyden, Joanna de Berry\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated, United States\nImprint: Berghahn Books, Incorporated\nISBN-13: 9781571818836, 978-1571818836\nSynopsis\nWar leads not just to widespread death but also to extensive displacement, overwhelming fear, and economic devastation. It weakens social ties, threatens household survival and undermines the family's capacity to care for its most vulnerable members. Every year it kills and maims countless numbers of young people, undermines thousands of others psychologically and deprives many of the economic, educational, health and social opportunities which most of us consider essential for children's effective growth and well being.\n\n    Based on detailed ethnographic description and on young people's own accounts, this volume provides insights into children's experiences as both survivors and p'