{"product_id":"child-and-the-world-jana-tabak-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\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820356409\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820356402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\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","brand":"Jana Tabak","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926519120127,"sku":"9780820356402","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_81537df2-e4f7-4fed-8320-8e8cfb6bd6f6.jpg?v=1681083512","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/child-and-the-world-jana-tabak-9780820356402","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}