Why have street children disappeared? – The role of international human rights law in protecting vulnerable groups

Paré, Mona

doi:10.1163/092755603322384001

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“…There is no reason why street children would cease to be street children if they were to go home for a while or stay in an institution for street children. As Paré (2003) reminds us, street children can belong to different categories at the same time (for example, as street child, child worker, girl or boy, disabled child). The only conclusion to be drawn here is that street children cannot be reduced to street children.…”

Section: The Complexities Of Street Children Propermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some question the logic of this argument (for example, Paré, 2003). In Mexico City, street children themselves do not necessarily see street children as stigma.…”

Section: The Complexities Of Street Children Propermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Still others think that ser de la calle merely reflects their living conditions. From a perspective of vulnerable identity politics, Paré (2003) suggests that street children and their advocates could mobilize around a less controversial label, such as 'autonomous homeless children'. That would be problematic in Mexico City, and not only because of the putative autonomy.…”

Section: The Complexities Of Street Children Propermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Paré (2003) questions this logic of blaming the attention to one vulnerable group for the lack of attention to other vulnerable groups. She argues that street children need a label if they are to be endowed in law with the status of a vulnerable minority group.…”

Section: The Politics Of Street Childrenmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Beyond Discourse and Competence: Science and Subjugated Knowledge in Street Children Studies

Gigengack

2014

Eur J Dev Res

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This article argues that street children studies (SCS) has reduced its central concept to a discursive construct, and the young street people themselves to capable 'agents'. One consequence is that street children are not recognized as distinct intergenerational groupings in society. The traditional history of SCS as saga of science elides its positionality as activist critique. This dominant paradigm emerges as overarching belief structure and storytelling tradition, in which the presentation of correct and useful science is crucial. Taking the activist critique as a variant of post-development theory, this article traces different forms of discursive determinism, deconstructionism and populism. Using an iconic text as test case, the article reviews in detail the deconstructionist and populist arguments regarding the complexities, politics and images of street children. Opportunities to think sociologically are identified throughout. Discursive determinism relates to the narrow focus on childhood; intergenerational approaches help to go beyond discourse and competence.Cet article a pour but de montrer que les études sur les enfants des rues ont réduit leur concept de base à une construction discursive, et les jeunes de la rue eux-mêmes à des « agents » actifs. Il en résulte entre autres que les enfants des rues ne sont pas reconnus comme des groupes intergénérationnels distincts dans la société. L'histoire traditionnelle des études sur les enfants des rues, en tant que saga des sciences, élide son positionnement de critique activiste. Ce paradigme dominant apparaît comme une structure fondamentale de croyance et une tradition narrative dans lesquelles il est essentiel que soit présentée une science correcte et utile. En s'appuyant sur la critique activiste, comprise comme une variante de la théorie du postdéveloppe-ment, cet article décrit différentes formes de déterminisme discursif, de déconstructivisme et de populisme. Il part du cas-type d'un texte emblématique pour examiner en détail les arguments déconstructivistes et populistes concernant les complexités, les politiques et les images liées aux enfants des rues. Des pistes d'analyse sociologique sont identifizées tout au long du travail. Le déterminisme discursif est lié à l'attention portée exclusivement à l'enfance; les approches intergénérationnelles permettent de dépasser le discours et la compétence.[I]t is really against the effects of power of a discourse that is considered to be scientific that the genealogy must wage its struggle. (Foucault, 1980, p. 84) Looking at the past in order to comprehend the present, this article sketches a genealogy of knowledge about street children. Olivier de Sardan's (2005) meta-theory helps to identify methodological and ideological variants of deconstructionism and populism. What is considered to be scientific discourse about street children, I argue, affirms the tenets of the currently dominant paradigm, namely, that street children are constructed in discourse and that they are competent agents. This leads to ...

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Section: The Complexities Of Street Children Propermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some question the logic of this argument (for example, Paré, 2003). In Mexico City, street children themselves do not necessarily see street children as stigma.…”

Section: The Complexities Of Street Children Propermentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Complexities Of Street Children Propermentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Politics Of Street Childrenmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Beyond Discourse and Competence: Science and Subjugated Knowledge in Street Children Studies

Gigengack

2014

Eur J Dev Res

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“…By contrast, an anthropological observation of street-living children is more likely to refer to the specificity of the case studied and the traditional and cultural elements shaping it through its local particularities (Scheper-Hughers and Hoffman, 1998;Hecht, 2000;Panter-Brick and Smith, 2000). To those disciplines we could also add the potential contribution of social geography in investigating the link between space and identity for children in street situations (Ennew and Swart-Kruger, 2003;Karsten, 2003;Young, 2003), the contribution of international humanitarian law in framing the phenomenon within a human rights perspective (Ennew, 1995;Byrne, 1998;Pare, 2003;Speak, 2005), the contribution of medicine and psychology in reporting health and nutrition issues (Wright et al, 1993;Panter-Brick et al, 1996;WHO, 2000), as well as mechanisms of self-protection adopted by at risk children (Rutter, 1990;Rohde et al, 1998;Veale et al, 2000;Luthar, 2003).…”

Section: The Imperative For a Different Way Of Doing Research On The mentioning

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Surfing in the air: a grounded theory of the dynamics of street life and its policy implications

Conticini¹

2008

J of Intl Development

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Nearly 20 years after the emergence of a specialised literature dealing with homeless children and youth, best practices are still rare and a divide remains between our understanding of street life, and the policy and programmes that are promoted to reach out to street-living children: a persisting dichotomy between theory and practice. While much of the literature available is still entrapped in a sort of 'pathology of case studies' unable to provide systematic information to policy makers and practitioners, this paper claims originality in presenting an inter-disciplinary understanding of the processes of street adaptation followed by children. In doing so, the paper presents a grounded theory to predict the consequences of street life and to plan interventions accordingly. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Childhood and Youth in Fijian Society: In and Out of Place

Vakaoti

2018

Street-Frequenting Young People in Fiji

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Why have street children disappeared? – The role of international human rights law in protecting vulnerable groups

Cited by 29 publications

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Beyond Discourse and Competence: Science and Subjugated Knowledge in Street Children Studies

Beyond Discourse and Competence: Science and Subjugated Knowledge in Street Children Studies

Surfing in the air: a grounded theory of the dynamics of street life and its policy implications

Childhood and Youth in Fijian Society: In and Out of Place

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