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This volume puts an emphasis on the question how children themselves experience and manage migration and by means of which they construct an identity for themselves which takes into account their experiences from both their places of origin and their host societies. What role does the cultural background of the society of origin on the one hand and the strategies of integration found in the host society on the other play in the creation of identity and of a concept of home, origin and belonging? How do children express processes of cultural orientation and integration (music, media, fashion, style) and what role do peer groups and social milieus play in this regard? How do migrant children experience xenophobia and a lack of acceptance on the side of the host society and how do they counter-balance such experiences?The approach taken is both comparative and interdisciplinary, the contributors having different theoretical and methodological backgrounds, the contributions dealing with different social and cultural settings both with regard to place of origin and host society

Cultural studies --- Childhood. --- Ethnology. --- Identity. --- Integration. --- Youth. --- Migration; Childhood; Integration; Identity; Youth; Ethnology --- Immigrant children. --- Emigration and immigration --- Social history. --- Psychological aspects. --- Descriptive sociology --- Social conditions --- Social history --- History --- Sociology --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Social psychology --- Child immigrants --- Children --- Immigrants --- Migration --- Childhood --- Integration --- Identity --- Youth --- Ethnology --- Einwanderung. --- Enfants immigrants. --- Identitätsentwicklung. --- Internationaler Vergleich. --- Kind. --- Soziale Integration. --- Émigration et immigration --- Aspect psychologique.

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This book conceptualizes integration and conflict as interrelated dimensions of social interaction, social relationships and alliances, identifications and identity constructions within society at large. In order to reach an in-depth understanding of integrative and violent forms of interaction in the region of the Upper Guinea Coast, authors take into account the impact and repercussions of specific historical experiences as well as the continuities and changes of social patterns affected by the interaction of local and globalized values, institutions, and models of social organization. Rather than providing an(other) analysis of wars and violence as such, contributors aim at a better understanding of the social mechanisms that affect both the processes of integration and conflict at the local, national and regional levels.

Intergroup relations --- Social conflict --- Social integration --- Conflict, Intergroup --- Intergroup conflict --- Relations, Intergroup --- Social interaction --- Class conflict --- Class struggle --- Conflict, Social --- Social tensions --- Interpersonal conflict --- Social psychology --- Sociology --- Inclusion, Social --- Integration, Social --- Social inclusion --- Belonging (Social psychology) --- Africa, West --- Guinea, Gulf of, Region --- History. --- Political sociology --- Polemology --- West Africa

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For centuries, Africa's Upper Guinea Coast region has been the site of regional and global interactions, with societies from different parts of the African continent and beyond engaging in economic trade, cultural exchange, and various forms of conflict. This book provides a wide-ranging look at how such encounters have continued into the present day, identifying the disruptions and continuities in religion, language, economics, and various other social phenomena that have resulted. These accounts show a region that, while still grappling with the legacies of colonialism and the slave trade, is both shaped by and an important actor within ever-denser global networks, exhibiting consistent transformation and creative adaptation. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.

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This book examines the radical changes in social and political landscape of the Upper Guinea Coast region over the past 30 years as a result of civil wars, post-war interventions by international, humanitarian agencies and peacekeeping missions, as well as a regional public health crisis (Ebola epidemic). The emphasis on ‘crises’ in this book draws attention to the intense socio-transformations in the region over the last three decades. Contemporary crises and changes in the region provoke a challenge to accepted ways of understanding and imagining socio-political life in the region – whether at the level of subnational and national communities, or international and regional structures of interest, such as refugees, weapon trafficking, cross-border military incursions, regional security, and transnational epidemics. This book explores and transcends the central explanatory tropes that have oriented research on the region and re-evaluates them in the light of the contemporary structural dynamics of crises, changes and continuities.

Political science. --- Public policy. --- Africa --- Peace. --- Public health. --- Poverty. --- Economic development. --- Political Science and International Relations. --- African Politics. --- Public Policy. --- Conflict Studies. --- Poverty, Aid and Development. --- Regional Development. --- Public Health. --- Politics and government. --- Guinea --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Destitution --- Community health --- Health services --- Hygiene, Public --- Hygiene, Social --- Public health services --- Public hygiene --- Sanitary affairs --- Social hygiene --- Coexistence, Peaceful --- Peaceful coexistence --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Wealth --- Basic needs --- Begging --- Poor --- Subsistence economy --- Health --- Human services --- Biosecurity --- Health literacy --- Medicine, Preventive --- National health services --- Sanitation --- International relations --- Disarmament --- Peace-building --- Security, International --- War --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Africa-Politics and government. --- Development Aid. --- Africa—Politics and government. --- 1900-2099 --- Guinea (Region) --- Sierra Leone --- Guinea(Region) --- Sierra Leone. --- Politics and government --- Social conditions --- Cộng hòa Sierra Leone --- Repubblica della Sierra Leone --- Republic of Sierra Leone --- República de Sierra Leona --- Republik Sierra Leone --- Republika ng Sierra Leone --- République de Sierra Leone --- Respublika Sʹerra-Leone --- Saila Li'ang --- Sailali'ang --- Serra Leôa --- S'erra Leone --- Shiera Reone --- Shierareone --- Sierra Leona --- Xi-ê-ra Lê-ôn --- Guinea Coast (Region) --- Сьерра-Леоне --- Республика Сьерра-Леоне --- 塞拉利昂 --- シエラレオネ --- シエラ・レオネ

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