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‘Cadjan – Kiduhu’. Global Perspectives on Youth Work
Brian Belton (Ed.) ISBN: 9789462097650 Sense Publishers, Rotterdam 2014 In this book academics, practitioners and scholars from all over the planet present relatively heterogeneous perspectives to produce something of the homogenous whole that youth work might be understood to be. This promotes the understanding that to lock down youth work in notional stasis (bolt…
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Call for Book Chapters: “GENDER AND YOUTH MIGRATION: A GLOBAL SURVEY”
edited by Glenda Tibe Bonifacio, University of Lethbridge I am accepting original submissions of research-based studies on gender and youth migration around the world. Young people, those under 35 years old, migrate with their families or on their own for various reasons — for example, education, work, asylum, and even as a consequence of…
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YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE POLITICS OF OUTRAGE AND HOPE
AN INVITATIONAL TWO (2) DAY CONFERENCE AND EDITED COLLECTION December 7 and 8, 2015 (Melbourne, Australia) A society at war with its children is a society in deep crisis (Conway, 2012) Hope is a way of dreaming up possible futures: an anticipatory virtue that permeates our lives and activates them (Braidotti, 2013) Co-convenors:…
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Family troubles? Exploring changes and challenges in the family lives of children and young people
Jane Ribbens McCarthy, Carol-Ann Hooper, Val Gillies (Eds) ISBN: 9781447304449 Policy Press, Bristol 2014 As the everyday family lives of children and young people come to be increasingly defined as matters of public policy and concern, it is important to raise the question of how we can understand the contested terrain between “normal” family…
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Post – doctoral Fellowship at the University of Prince Edward Island (Canada)
Applications Closing Date: November 24, 2014 Dr. Kate Tilleczek, Director of The Young Lives Research Lab at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada, requires a post-doctoral fellow to work across projects. The focus of the position will be qualitative data collection, analysis, and management, as well as the dissemination of findings through various…
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Endeavour Journal of Youth Development: Call for Papers
The Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD) CALL FOR PAPERS The Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, is an Institute of National Importance by an Act of Parliament under the of the Ministry of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India. RGNIYD functions…
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Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies (Child Studies Program): Applications for Assistant Professor
Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies (Child Studies Program) – Assistant Professor (Applications Closing Date: January 15, 2015) The Child Studies Program in the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies at Carleton University invites applications for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor, to commence on July 1st, 2015. The Child Studies Program at Carleton University,…
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1ST GLOBAL FORUM ON YOUTH POLICIES
28-30 October 2014 Baku, Azerbaijan The programme of the First Global Forum on Youth Policies follows its original idea to organise discussions between youth policy leaders, experts and practitioners – a space for our professional community to exchange, reflect and discuss. Against that backdrop, most sessions are build around discussion formats. There will…
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African Immigrant Families in Another France, by Loretta E. Bass
Palgrave-Macmillan, 2014 The incorporation of Sub-Saharan African immigrant families is a key issue for France and Europe at large. Using the voices of first and second-generation immigrants to describe their integration experiences, this book illustrates how racial and immigrant statuses are assigned simultaneously and inseparably for those of African-descent in France, and in turn limit…
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Child Protection & Online Safety Forum
Advancing strategies and child protection systems to protect our children and their rights 20th – 21st November 2014 Cape Town Lodge Hotel & Conference Centre Cape Town (South Africa) The Inaugural Child Protection & Online Safety Conference brings together family members (and the child where appropriate), supporters/advocates and those professionals most involved with the…