The militarization of childhood: thinking beyond the global south

An important contribution to a much needed critical turn in the vast and still rapidly growing child soldier literature. J. MARSHALL BEIER holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from York University,UK. He has taught in the areas of International Relations Theory, Critical Security Studies, Peace Studies, and International Political Economy. He currently holds the International Relations Theory position in the Department of Political Science at McMaster University at the rank of Associate Professor (tenured) where his duties include both undergraduate and graduate teaching and supervision. INDICE: (Neo) Zones of Violence: Reconstructing Children into Militants and Insurgents and Empire; 'A.M.Agathangelou'&'K.D.Killian' - 'Guardians of the Peace'?: The Significance of Children to Continued Militarism; 'A.M.S.Watson' - Militarized Children and Bare Childhood; 'L.Macmillan ' - Education and the War on Terror: The Early Years; 'H.Brocklehurst ' - War Stories: Militarized Pedagogies of Everyday Parenting; 'J.Marshall Beier ' - Superheroes or Supersoldiers? Are Caped Crusaders the New Face of the Military?; 'L.A.Crowe' - Outsmarting the Weapons: The World of 'Us' Against 'Them'; 'C.T.Sjolander ' - Where the Wild Things Are: Imaginative Disembodiment and the Militarization of Childhood; 'L.Copeland ' - Sometimes It's Good to be Bad: Young People and SymbolicExperimentation with the 'Darkside' in On and Off-line Role Playing Games; 'N.Crowe ' - Kids with Guns: Militarization, Masculinities, Moral Panic and (Dis)Organised Violence; 'V.M.Basham ' - Childhood Militarization and Race Relations: The Case of Omar Khadr and the Canadian State;' J.E.Foran ' - Peace Through Superior Firepower: Reflections on a Militarized Childhood; 'H.A.Smith', 'M.Smith'&' R.Smith '

• ISBN: 978-0-230-11576-7
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 320
• Fecha Publicación: 09/12/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés