Children Affected by Armed Conflict: Theory, Method, and Practice

(Diane Marie Amann, University of Georgia) . While recognizing their suffering, and doing so with great sensitivity, this book also foregrounds the humanity, resilience, intrepidness, and potential of all children affected by armed violence. (Sophie Yohani, University of Alberta)This is a powerful booka must-read. Its strength lies in its empathy; and in how it eschews categories, avoids simplicity, transcends binaries, and turns limits into opportunities. Using a holistic approach that considers children’s diverse cultures and contexts, the contributors illuminate the complexities of war and postwar realities on the everyday lives of children. This timely and impressive volume utilizes a socioecological framework to examine the e

Myriam Denov is a full professor and holds the Canada Research Chair in Youth, Gender, and Armed Conflict at McGill University. . She is the author or coauthor of five books, including Child Soldiers: Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front (2010) and Children's Rights and International Development: Lessons and Challenges from the Field

Including children who are victims of, participants in, and witnesses to armed conflict in their analyses, the contributors to this volume highlight innovative methodologies that directly involve war-affected children in the research process. Societal turbulence, state collapse, religious and ethnic conflict, poverty, hunger, and social exclusion all underlie children's involvement in armed conflict. The alternative approaches presented in this edited collectionwhich acknowledge the realities of both trauma and resilienceaim to generate more effective policies and intervention strategies in the face of a growing global public health crisis.. Drawing from empirical studies in eleven conflict-ridden countries, including Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Colombia, Uganda, Palestine, Somalia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Sudan, and South Sudan, Children Affected by Armed Conflict crosses cultures and contexts to capture a range of perspectives on the realities of armed conflict and its aftermath for children.Children Affected