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Geographies of Global Issues: Change and Threat (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
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Geographies of Global Issues: Change and Threat (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Series: Geographies of Children and Young People, 8
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Volume 8 explores children and young people's lives at a time of
rapid and profound change, through the lens of diverse global
processes: economic globalisation, environmental degradation,
international development, cultural change, climate change and
environmental hazards. Today's children and young people are
growing up in a world that is rapidly changing and very different
to that experienced by previous generations. Contemporary social,
economic and environmental challenges make children and young
people vulnerable and expose them to harm. Equally, they compel
them to become instigators of change across geographical scales,
from the household to the globe. Children and young people need to
be adaptive and resourceful: economically, socially and
emotionally. This volume is divided into two substantive sections.
Chapters in the first section explore global economic changes and
instabilities that are altering patterns of work, compelling
children to take on new economic responsibilities and reshaping
childcare arrangements. Several chapters address the ways in which
global processes shape young people's subjectivities, with media,
internet and education encouraging children and youth to view
themselves as both entrepreneurs and global citizens. Other
chapters consider the policies and development interventions
implemented by global organisations and national governments. These
can have unintended consequences because they are rooted in a
normative discourse of a 'global child' that bears little relation
to lived realities. Chapters in the second section foreground
children and young people's contributions to environmental issues
and debates. Children and young people are affected by
environmental change: by pollution, environmental hazards and
climate change. They suffer displacement, ill-health and anxiety
about the future. They are also intimately attached to - and
knowledgeable about - their local environments. Children and young
people actively shape their environments, yet their lives remain
powerfully influenced by today's decision-makers. The window of
opportunity to avoid catastrophic climate change is small. Evidence
of children and young people's environmental knowledge and activism
does not obviate the need for adults to take decisive action, now,
to ensure a viable environment for future generations.
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