Studying children in armed conflict: data production, social indicators and analysis

Pedersen, Jon; Sommerfelt, Tone

doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-9304-3_7

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“…Although not strictly an economic activity, the role children play as soldiers functions in much the same way as other types of work, even though in this case no economic gain per se is accrued. Children involved in armed conflict are exposed to multiple risks, including threatened attachments with family, post‐traumatic stress, displacement, severe bodily injury, fear and anxiety, sexual abuse, disabilities, alcohol and drug abuse, forced labour and death (Bass, 2004; Betancourt, 2008; Machel, 1996; Pedersen and Sommerfelt, 2007). Although some children may voluntarily join a militia, Kielland and Tovo (2006) suggest that children’s ‘choice’ to become involved in armed conflict can be seen as intelligible only when children’s physical and social ecologies are already those of displacement, family disintegration and loss.…”

Section: Risks and Benefits Of Children’s Experiences Of Labour/work/mentioning

confidence: 99%

Children’s Perspectives on their Economic Activity as a Pathway to Resilience

Libório

Ungar

2010

Children & Society

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When viewed in the context of children’s physical, social, and economic ecologies, children’s work has both contextually specific benefits and consequences. This paper examines children’s experiences of their economic activity using a theory of resilience as a contextually and culturally embedded phenomenon [British Journal of Social Work, 38 (2008) 218]. Though there is evidence that child labour is a potential threat to children’s well‐being, some forms of children’s work may function as potential sources of health‐enhancing resources associated with resilience, resulting in positive psychosocial development. Working children can find through their working experiences positive sources of efficacy and cohesion, strong identity, feelings of well‐being, positive relationships, and access to material and social capital.

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Section: Risks and Benefits Of Children’s Experiences Of Labour/work/mentioning

confidence: 99%

Children’s Perspectives on their Economic Activity as a Pathway to Resilience

Libório

Ungar

2010

Children & Society

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“…These objective measures include widely used indices such the Human Development Index and the Index of Social Health. 9 In addition there are highly specific measures such as indicators specially targeted at people with vertebral fractures and osteoporosis developed by the European Foundation for Osteoporosis (Alexandrova, 2014;Lips et al, 1997Lips et al, , 1999Fitzpatrick et al, 1992;Fletcher et al, 1992), indicators targeted at children in armed conflict, or indicators targeted at children bullied at school (Alexandrova, 2014;Benbenishty and Astor, 2007;Pedersen and Sommerfelt, 2007).…”

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Can an evidential account justify relying on preferences for well-being policy?

Hersch

2015

Journal of Economic Methodology

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Policy-makers sometimes aim to improve well-being as a policy goal, but to do this they need some way to measure well-being. Instead of relying on potentially problematic theories of well-being to justify their choice of wellbeing measure, Daniel Hausman proposes that policy-makers can sometimes rely on preference-based measures as evidence for well-being. I claim that Hausman's evidential account does not justify the use of any one measure more than it justifies the use of any other measure. This leaves us at a loss as to which policy should be chosen in the non-trivial cases for which there is substantial disagreement between the different measures in their assessment of policy.

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“…This study aims to diminish a gap in the literature related to a lack of knowledge about the effects of armed conflict on children, which is cause for concern (21). The specific objective is to address how the violence is disrupting families' economic, social, and cultural capital and affecting children's well-being.…”

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Disrupted by violence: children's well-being and families' economic, social, and cultural capital in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

Hernandez¹,

Grineski

2012

Rev Panam Salud Publica

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Since 2008, Ciudad Juarez (Chihuahua, Mexico) has been undergoing a wave of violence due to a drug war, making the city a difficult environment in which to raise a family. This study uses qualitative methodology that incorporates 16 in-depth interviews with parents of children ages 0-5 years and 9 sets of photos from a subset of interviewed parents. The study explores how families' economic, social, and cultural capital has been disrupted by the violence and how it affects children's well-being. Social and economic capital declined significantly because of the violence as families experienced crime, had increased difficulty finding and maintaining employment, and decreased their interactions outside the home. Interviews also suggested that opportunities to gain cultural capital decreased because of this isolation. Understanding the detrimental effects of violence on families' capital can contribute to understanding children's well-being in violence-stricken communities.

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Studying children in armed conflict: data production, social indicators and analysis

Cited by 4 publications

References 9 publications

Children’s Perspectives on their Economic Activity as a Pathway to Resilience

Children’s Perspectives on their Economic Activity as a Pathway to Resilience

Can an evidential account justify relying on preferences for well-being policy?

Disrupted by violence: children's well-being and families' economic, social, and cultural capital in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

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