Suffer the Little Children: National and International Dimensions of Child Poverty and Public Policy

Front Cover......Page 1
‘SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN’: NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF CHILD POVERTY AND PUBLIC POLICY......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS......Page 10
DEDICATION......Page 12
PROLOGUE......Page 14
INTRODUCTION......Page 20
CHAPTER 1. AMERICA’S SHAME: CHILDREN LIVING IN THE SHADOWS OF AMERICA’S PROSPERITY......Page 24
CHAPTER 2. TALKING POVERTY: URBAN SCOTS AND SOCIAL DEPRIVATION......Page 62
CHAPTER 3. FENCED INTO CYCLES OF DEPRIVATION: ORPHANS, THEIR FEMALE CARERS AND EDUCATION IN MALAWI......Page 80
CHAPTER 4. ROMA CHILDHOOD IN EASTERN EUROPE......Page 96
CHAPTER 5. COMING TO AMERICA: DASHED HOPES AND UNCERTAIN FUTURES......Page 120
CHAPTER 6. THE LOSS OF IDENTITY AND THE UNDERUTILIZATION OF BLACK CHILDREN’S EDUCATIONAL POTENTIAL: RETHINKING ASSIMILATION GLOBALLY......Page 144
CHAPTER 7. CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN POVERTY IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: A LACK OF COMMITMENT IN THE MIDST OF PLENTY......Page 168
CHAPTER 8. THE DILEMMA OF CHILD SOLDIERING IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA......Page 200
CHAPTER 9. VIOLENCE, DEMOCRACY AND EDUCATION: AN ANALYTIC FRAMEWORK......Page 230
CHAPTER 10. THE REACH AND POSSIBILITIES OF EDUCATIONAL REFORM FOR THE RURAL POOR IN MEXICO......Page 254
CHAPTER 11. POVERTY AND EDUCATION: BRAZIL’S SEARCH FOR VIABLE SOLUTIONS?......Page 276
CHAPTER 12. SMALL HANDS: GLOBAL DIMENSIONS OF CHILD LABOR AND EXPLOITATION......Page 318
CHAPTER 13. CHILD PROTECTION AND SURVIVAL IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: FOCUS ON CHILD WELFARE POLICY IN NAMIBIA......Page 330
CHAPTER 14. THE HEALTH AND COGNITIVE CONSEQUENCES OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD POVERTY......Page 358
CHAPTER 15. JUVENILE INSTITUTIONALIZATION PRACTICES IN INDIA: A STUDY OF TWO INSTITUTIONS IN MADRAS......Page 382
CHAPTER 16. CHILD POVERTY IN SIERRA LEONE: VIGNETTES FROM THE LEONENET STREET CHILDREN’S PROJECT......Page 408
CHAPTER 17. STOLEN CHILDHOOD: CULTURAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF “UNMARRIED” PREGNANCY IN BANGLADESH......Page 430
CHAPTER 18. THE WORLD BANK, NGOS AND THE STATE OF DEVELOPMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: IMPLICATIONS FOR ALLEVIATING POVERTY AND ADVANCING SOCIETAL REFORM......Page 456
CHAPTER 19. DEFEATING THE TRENDS: IN SEARCH OF A BETTER FUTURE......Page 500
SUBJECT INDEX......Page 520