{"product_id":"child-and-the-world-child-soldiers-and-the-claim-for-progress-9780820356402","title":"Child and the World: Child-Soldiers and the Claim for Progress","description":"\u003cp\u003eHowever unthinkable child-soldiers may be within a generalized conception of childhood, they are not imaginary figures; rather, they are a constant in almost every armed conflict around the world. The participation of children in wars may question the idea of childhood as a \"once-upon-a-time story with a happy and predictable ending,\" disrupting the (natural) idea of a protected and innocent childhood and also eliciting fear, uncertainty, revulsion, horror, and sorrow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing the perspectives of both childhood studies and critical approaches to international relations, Jana Tabak explores the constructions of child-soldiers as \"children at risk\" and, at the same time, risky children. More specifically, \u003cem\u003eThe Child and the World \u003c\/em\u003eaims both to problematize the boundaries that articulate child-soldiers as necessarily deviant and pathological in relation to \"normal\" children and to show how these specific limits participate in the (re)production and promotion of a particular version of the international political order. In this sense, the focus of this work is not on investigating child-soldiers' lives and experiences per se but on their presumed threatening feature as they depart from the protected territory of childhood, disquieting everyday international life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jana Tabak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820356402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJANA TABAK is an assistant professor at the Department of International Relations at the State University of Rio de Janeiro. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eOrganizações Internacionais: História e Práticas\u003c\/i\u003e, 2nd edition, ed. with Monica Herz and Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann, and \u003ci\u003eModernity at Risk: Complex Emergencies, Humanitarianism, Sovereignty\u003c\/i\u003e, with Carlos Frederico Pereira da Gama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40198547767411,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_c186747f-41f4-44c5-b9d4-5c5d25026c08.jpg?v=1656078471","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/child-and-the-world-child-soldiers-and-the-claim-for-progress-9780820356402","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}