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“It is refreshing to see a book such as this which is both broad in its conceptualization of the field of child research and deep in its focus. The volume's editors are paragons of awareness when it comes to the need for interdisciplinary research and theory to illuminate the lives and experience of children.”
– James Garbarino, Loyola University Chicago
“Covers a satisfying and unprecedentedly wide range of research relating to childhood. The contributors include many eminent international scholars of childhood, making the book a valuable resource for child researchers. Child advocates will also find the book to be invaluable in their efforts to improve children's well-being, and to change policies and practices for the better.”
– Anne Smith, University of Otago
“A really scintillating collection that will provide ...
Chapter 19: Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Displaced Persons: Children in Precarious Positions
Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Displaced Persons: Children in Precarious Positions
Refugees, asylum seekers, and displaced persons have a particular status that sets them apart from other migrants, although they face some common tasks (for example, coping with settings that are often geographically and culturally distant from what was once ‘home’). Like immigrants in general, they may serve as a base for research on the nature of ‘acculturation’ (Donà and Ackerman, 2006), on the strategies parents and children use to counter discrimination (Carranza, 2007), and on some particular aspects of development: aspects such as the sense of belonging, perceptions of what the future might hold, and the sense of continuity with the past. Both are also strongly affected ...
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