International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 31 Issue 9/10

Growing up in divided societies: confronting continuity and change

Madeleine Leonard, Martina McKnight, Spyros Spyrou

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the six main articles which represent the special issue on “Growing up in divided societies” and to locate the articles…

Children's educational engagement with nationalism in divided Cyprus

Spyros Spyrou

The purpose of this paper is to provide a situated, theoretically informed account of national identity construction by exploring children's engagement with nationalism in the…

Schooling in conflict: an ethnographic study from Lebanon

Erik van Ommering

The purpose of this paper is to propose a new approach to understanding the interrelationships between education and violent conflict, namely, one that focuses on the…

Senses of place in flux: a generational approach

Suzanne H. Hammad

The purpose of this paper is to explore and illuminate the various ways in which different generations experience and interpret their home and land in one divided Palestinian…

Bringing down the walls: young people's perspectives on peace‐walls in Belfast

Madeleine Leonard, Martina McKnight

The purpose of this paper is to present young people's attitudes to peace‐walls in Belfast and whether they feel that these peace‐walls should be temporary or permanent structures.

Child soldiers: our representation challenged by their reality

Lucille Grétry

The aim of the paper is to present some events in the life of ex‐child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in relation to the social policy in place and the social…

“Keep going despite everything”: legacies of genocide for Rwanda's children and youth

Kirrily Pells

Bringing together anthropological and sociological conceptions of “the everyday” with the new social studies of childhood, this paper seeks to challenge the predominance of the…