Oscar A Barbarin, Linda M Richter

Mandela's Children

Growing Up in Post-Apartheid South Africa

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Produktbeschreibung

The gap between the hope for improved social conditions in post-apartheid South Africa and the grim reality of black life there is especially striking for South African children who face serious threats to their health and development as a consequence of poverty, racism, violence, and social inequality. Mandela's Children presents the contrasting conditions of "hope and peril" that characterize life in South African families, schools, and communities. Using empirical data and qualitative case studies, the authors analyze and discuss research on children's behavioral, emotional, and academic development and how the are influenced by community violence, household poverty and family functioning. This discussion is balanced by one that considers the competence, health and resilience of South African children.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 160mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 708g
• ISBN-13: 9780415924689
• ISBN-10: 0415924685
• Artikelnr.: 22367119

Autorenporträt

Barbarin, Oscar A.; Richter, Linda M.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Social Transformation and Child Development in South Africa 2. A Brief
History of Institutional Racism in South Africa 3. Urban Poverty and Living
Standards 4. The Decline of Political Violence 5. Rising Family and
Community Violence 6. Physical Growth and Social Development 7.
Self-Regulation of Attention, Behavior, and Emotions 8. Urban Households
and Family Relationships 9. Family Influences on Socioemotional Development
10. Poverty and Child Development 11. The Impact of Violence on Children
12. Comparing the social development of South African, Ugandan, and African
American Children 13. Between Hope and Peril: Adaptive Families, Resilient
Children 14. Addressing the Needs of Children