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

• Acknowledgements Preface Jo Boyden Introduction Jason Hart PART I: ADOLESCENCE IN CONTEXT Chapter 1. Reconstructing Adolescence after Displacement: Experience from Eastern Africa Hirut Tefferi Chapter 2. Doing Nothing and Being Good: Social Relationships and Networks of Support among Adolescent Congolese Refugees in Dar es Salaam Gillian Mann Chapter 3. Growing Up in Exile: Psychosocial Challenges Facing Refugee Youth in the United States Kenneth E. Miller, Hallie Kushner, Jill McCall, ZoA" Martell and Madhur Kulkarni PART II: ADOLESCENTS ENGAGING IN POLITICAL VIOLENCE Chapter 4. Political Transition and Youth Violence in Post-apartheid South Africa: In Search of Understanding Andrew Dawes Chapter 5. Abject Heroes: Marginalised Youth, Modernity and Violent Pathways of the Liberian Civil War Mats Utas Chapter 6. UNHCR and the Military Recruitment of Adolescents Hanne Beirens PART III: GENDERED ADOLESCENCE IN EXILE Chapter 7. The Long Road Home: Adolescent Afghan Refugees in Iran Contemplate 'Return' Homa Hoodfar Chapter 8. Dislocated Masculinity: Adolescence and the Palestinian Nation-in-exile Jason Hart PART IV: RESPONDING TO ADOLESCENTS Chapter 9. The Challenges of Programming with Youth in Afghanistan Joanna de Berry Chapter 10. Adolescence and Armed Conflict in Colombia: 'Resilience' as a Construction Emerging within Psychosocial Work Diana Isabel Alvis Palma PART V: RESEARCHING WITH ADOLESCENTS Chapter 11. Participatory Research with War-affected Adolescents and Youth: Lessons Learnt from Fieldwork with Youth Gangs in Ayacucho, Peru Cordula Strocka Chapter 12. The Place to Be? Making Media with Young Refugees Liesbeth de Block Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index

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

• Acknowledgements Preface Jo Boyden Introduction Jason Hart PART I: ADOLESCENCE IN CONTEXT Chapter 1. Reconstructing Adolescence after Displacement: Experience from Eastern Africa Hirut Tefferi Chapter 2. Doing Nothing and Being Good: Social Relationships and Networks of Support among Adolescent Congolese Refugees in Dar es Salaam Gillian Mann Chapter 3. Growing Up in Exile: Psychosocial Challenges Facing Refugee Youth in the United States Kenneth E. Miller, Hallie Kushner, Jill McCall, ZoA" Martell and Madhur Kulkarni PART II: ADOLESCENTS ENGAGING IN POLITICAL VIOLENCE Chapter 4. Political Transition and Youth Violence in Post-apartheid South Africa: In Search of Understanding Andrew Dawes Chapter 5. Abject Heroes: Marginalised Youth, Modernity and Violent Pathways of the Liberian Civil War Mats Utas Chapter 6. UNHCR and the Military Recruitment of Adolescents Hanne Beirens PART III: GENDERED ADOLESCENCE IN EXILE Chapter 7. The Long Road Home: Adolescent Afghan Refugees in Iran Contemplate 'Return' Homa Hoodfar Chapter 8. Dislocated Masculinity: Adolescence and the Palestinian Nation-in-exile Jason Hart PART IV: RESPONDING TO ADOLESCENTS Chapter 9. The Challenges of Programming with Youth in Afghanistan Joanna de Berry Chapter 10. Adolescence and Armed Conflict in Colombia: 'Resilience' as a Construction Emerging within Psychosocial Work Diana Isabel Alvis Palma PART V: RESEARCHING WITH ADOLESCENTS Chapter 11. Participatory Research with War-affected Adolescents and Youth: Lessons Learnt from Fieldwork with Youth Gangs in Ayacucho, Peru Cordula Strocka Chapter 12. The Place to Be? Making Media with Young Refugees Liesbeth de Block Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index