{"product_id":"9781138697720","title":"Young People, Rights and Place Erasure, Neoliberal Politics and Postchild Ethics","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRoutledge Spaces of Childhood and Youth Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eYoung People, Rights and Place\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eErasure, Neoliberal Politics and Postchild Ethics\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eStuart Aitken\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience \/ Earth Sciences \/ Geography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConcern is growing about children’s rights and the curtailment of those rights through the excesses of neoliberal governance. This book discusses children’s spatial and citizenship rights, and the ways young people and their families push against diminished rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArmed initially with theoretical concerns about the construction of children through the political status quo and the ways youth rights are spatially segregated, the book begins with a disarmingly simple supposition: Young people have the right to make and remake their spaces and, as a consequence, themselves. This book de-centers monadic ideas of children in favor of a post-humanist perspective, which embraces the radical relationality of children as more-than-children\/more-than-human. Its empirical focus begins with the struggles of Slovenian \u003ci\u003eIzbrisani\u003c\/i\u003e (‘erased’) youth from 1992 to the present day and reaches out to child rights and youth activists elsewhere in the world with examples from South America, Eastern Europe and the USA. The author argues that universal child rights have not worked and pushes for a more radical, sustainable ethics, which dares to admit that children’s humanity is something more than we, as adults, can imagine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapters in this groundbreaking contribution will be of interest to students, researchers and practitioners in the social sciences, humanities and public policy. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStuart C. Aitken\u003c\/strong\u003e is June Burnett Chair and Distinguished Professor of Geography at San Diego State University. His research interests include critical social theory, qualitative methods, children, families and communities. Stuart has worked with the UN on child rights, labor and migration issues. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eThe Ethnopoetics of Space: Young People’s Engagement, Activism and Aesthetics \u003c\/i\u003e(2016), \u003ci\u003eThe Fight to Stay Put \u003c\/i\u003e(2013), \u003ci\u003eYoung People, Border Spaces and Revolutionary Imaginations\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eQualitative Geographies \u003c\/i\u003e(2010), \u003ci\u003eThe Awkward Spaces of Fathering\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), \u003ci\u003eGlobal Childhoods \u003c\/i\u003e(2008), \u003ci\u003eGeographies of Young People \u003c\/i\u003e(2001), \u003ci\u003eFamily Fantasies and Community Space \u003c\/i\u003e(1998), and \u003ci\u003ePlace, Space, Situation and Spectacle \u003c\/i\u003e(1994). He has published over 200 articles in academic journals\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eas well as in various edited book collections and encyclopedias. Stuart is past co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Professional Geographer \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eChildren’s Geographies. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 May 2018\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTaylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRoutledge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781138697720\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e172\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14.5\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63540426899596,"sku":"9781138697720","price":210.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781138697720","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}