Children and Armed Conflict

Introduction: Broadening the Conversation; D.T.Cook & J.Wall PART I: CONTEXTUALIZING CHILDREN'S ARMED CONFLICT HISTORICALLY Girl Soldiers in World War; M.R.Higonnet 'What Good are the Words?': Child Memoirs and Holocaust Fiction; A.Kertzer War Toys and the Transformation of Children's Introduction to International Violence; G.Cross PART II: UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN'S ARMED CONFLICT EXPERIENCE Personal and Collective Psychosocial Resilience: The Implications for Children and Families who are Involved in War and Disasters; R.Williams & J.Drury Effects of War Experiences among Internally Displaced Children in South Darfur: Clinical Implications; D.Morgos Community Politics in Refugee Contexts: Young People, Networks and Decision-Making; C.Clark-Kazak Children as Victims of War: The Moral Economy of Care; C.Watters PART III: RETHINKING CHILDREN'S ARMED CONFLICT POLICY Playing Catch with a Hatchet: Integrating Children's Knowledge into Post-War Peacebuilding; S.McEvoy-Levy Protection of Children in Disaster and War; L.T.E.Sarrouh & N.Boothby Child Soldiers: Protection or Responsibility; J.Rikhof The Reintegration of Formerly Recruited Girls: A Resilience Approach; M.Wessells Conclusion: Crossing Disciplines; J.Wall & D.T.Cook Index

DANIEL THOMAS COOK is Associate Professor of Childhood Studies and Sociology at Rutgers University, USA. He is Editor of Symbolic Childhood and author of The Commodification of Childhood as well as a number of articles and book chapters on consumer society and childhood. He serves as an Editor for the journal Childhood.JOHN WALL is Associate Professor of Religion and Childhood Studies at Rutgers University, USA. He is author of Ethics in Light of Childhood, Moral Creativity, and articles and chapters on ethics, Continental philosophy of religion, and children's rights. He is co-editor of Marriage, Health, and the Professions and Paul Ricoeur and Contemporary Moral Thought, and Chair of the Childhood Studies and Religion Consultation at the American Academy of Religion.