Routledge Spaces of Childhood and Youth Series
Children, Nature and Cities: Rethinking the Connections
1st Edition
By Claire Freeman, Yolanda van Heezik
June 30, 2020
That children need nature for health and well-being is widely accepted, but what type of nature? Specifically, what type of nature is not only necessary but realistically available in the complex and rapidly changing worlds that children currently live in?This book examines child-nature definitions...
The Common Worlds of Children and Animals: Relational Ethics for Entangled Lives
1st Edition
By Affrica Taylor, Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw
June 30, 2020
The lives and futures of children and animals are linked to environmental challenges associated with the Anthropocene and the acceleration of human-caused extinctions. This book sparks a fascinating interdisciplinary conversation about child–animal relations, calling for a radical shift in how we ...
Youth Activism and Solidarity: The non-stop picket against Apartheid
1st Edition
By Gavin Brown, Helen Yaffe
February 07, 2019
From April 1986 until just after Nelson Mandela’s release from prison in February 1990, supporters of the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group maintained a continuous protest, day and night, outside the South African Embassy in central London. This book examines how and why a group of children, ...
Children, Young People and Care
1st Edition
Edited
By John Horton, Michelle Pyer
January 17, 2019
The very notions of childhood and youth are intimately connected to contemporary norms, practices and spaces of care, caring and care-giving. The provision of care is widely figured as both the primary responsibility of parents, carers and practitioners who work with children and young people, and ...
Young Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa
1st Edition
Edited
By Katherine V. Gough, Thilde Langevang
February 14, 2017
Young people in sub-Saharan Africa are growing up in rapidly changing social and economic environments which produce high levels of un- and underemployment. Job creation through entrepreneurship is currently being promoted by international organizations, governments and NGOs as a key solution, ...