Jason Hart is a Senior Research Officer at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford.

“[This book] is a very ambitious project seeking to furnish the reader with a more holistic and yet culturally sensitive understanding of the problem…The authors’ passionate engagement with the issues of children affected by war makes the book an interesting read and a significant contribution into the lives of the young in conflict and displacement settings.”  ·  Journal of International Migration and Integration

• AcknowledgementsPrefaceJo BoydenIntroductionJason HartPART I: ADOLESCENCE IN CONTEXTChapter 1. Reconstructing Adolescence after Displacement: Experience from Eastern AfricaHirut TefferiChapter 2. Doing Nothing and Being Good: Social Relationships and Networks of Support among Adolescent Congolese Refugees in Dar es SalaamGillian MannChapter 3. Growing Up in Exile: Psychosocial Challenges Facing Refugee Youth in the United StatesKenneth E. Miller, Hallie Kushner, Jill McCall, Zoë Martell and Madhur KulkarniPART II: ADOLESCENTS ENGAGING IN POLITICAL VIOLENCEChapter 4. Political Transition and Youth Violence in Post-apartheid South Africa: In Search of UnderstandingAndrew DawesChapter 5. Abject Heroes: Marginalised Youth, Modernity and Violent Pathways of the Liberian Civil WarMats UtasChapter 6. UNHCR and the Military Recruitment of AdolescentsHanne BeirensPART III: GENDERED ADOLESCENCE IN EXILEChapter 7. The Long Road Home: Adolescent Afghan Refugees in Iran Contemplate ‘Return’Homa HoodfarChapter 8. Dislocated Masculinity: Adolescence and the Palestinian Nation-in-exileJason HartPART IV: RESPONDING TO ADOLESCENTSChapter 9. The Challenges of Programming with Youth in AfghanistanJoanna de BerryChapter 10. Adolescence and Armed Conflict in Colombia: ‘Resilience’ as a Construction Emerging within Psychosocial WorkDiana Isabel Alvis PalmaPART V: RESEARCHING WITH ADOLESCENTSChapter 11. Participatory Research with War-affected Adolescents and Youth: Lessons Learnt from Fieldwork with Youth Gangs in Ayacucho, PeruCordula StrockaChapter 12. The Place to Be? Making Media with Young RefugeesLiesbeth de BlockNotes on ContributorsBibliographyIndex

Jason Hart is a Senior Research Officer at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford.

“[This book] is a very ambitious project seeking to furnish the reader with a more holistic and yet culturally sensitive understanding of the problem…The authors’ passionate engagement with the issues of children affected by war makes the book an interesting read and a significant contribution into the lives of the young in conflict and displacement settings.”  ·  Journal of International Migration and Integration

• AcknowledgementsPrefaceJo BoydenIntroductionJason HartPART I: ADOLESCENCE IN CONTEXTChapter 1. Reconstructing Adolescence after Displacement: Experience from Eastern AfricaHirut TefferiChapter 2. Doing Nothing and Being Good: Social Relationships and Networks of Support among Adolescent Congolese Refugees in Dar es SalaamGillian MannChapter 3. Growing Up in Exile: Psychosocial Challenges Facing Refugee Youth in the United StatesKenneth E. Miller, Hallie Kushner, Jill McCall, Zoë Martell and Madhur KulkarniPART II: ADOLESCENTS ENGAGING IN POLITICAL VIOLENCEChapter 4. Political Transition and Youth Violence in Post-apartheid South Africa: In Search of UnderstandingAndrew DawesChapter 5. Abject Heroes: Marginalised Youth, Modernity and Violent Pathways of the Liberian Civil WarMats UtasChapter 6. UNHCR and the Military Recruitment of AdolescentsHanne BeirensPART III: GENDERED ADOLESCENCE IN EXILEChapter 7. The Long Road Home: Adolescent Afghan Refugees in Iran Contemplate ‘Return’Homa HoodfarChapter 8. Dislocated Masculinity: Adolescence and the Palestinian Nation-in-exileJason HartPART IV: RESPONDING TO ADOLESCENTSChapter 9. The Challenges of Programming with Youth in AfghanistanJoanna de BerryChapter 10. Adolescence and Armed Conflict in Colombia: ‘Resilience’ as a Construction Emerging within Psychosocial WorkDiana Isabel Alvis PalmaPART V: RESEARCHING WITH ADOLESCENTSChapter 11. Participatory Research with War-affected Adolescents and Youth: Lessons Learnt from Fieldwork with Youth Gangs in Ayacucho, PeruCordula StrockaChapter 12. The Place to Be? Making Media with Young RefugeesLiesbeth de BlockNotes on ContributorsBibliographyIndex