Rose Butler is a postdoctoral researcher at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University, Australia. Her research crosses the disciplines of Sociology, Youth Studies and Anthropology with a focus on class and culture, multiculturalism and globalisation, schooling and social change, and rural livelihoods. Her current postdoctoral project investigates the changing landscape of rural multicultures for youth. Rose is co-editor of the Special Issue ‘Asian Migration and Education Cultures in the Anglo-Sphere’ in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies and has published with journals including the Journal of Youth Studies, Journal of Sociology and the Journal of Intercultural Studies. She has a PhD from the Australian National University.

• Introduction.- Chapter 1. Children in an Insecure Economy.- Chapter 2. Economy, Identity and Fairness.- Chapter 3. Researching Childhoods.- Chapter 4. Going without: dignity and resentment.- Chapter 5. Staying within: politics of difference.- Chapter 6. Cutting down: entitlement and solidarity.- Chapter 7: Stigma and boundary work.- Conclusion.

Rose Butler is a postdoctoral researcher at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University, Australia. Her research crosses the disciplines of Sociology, Youth Studies and Anthropology with a focus on class and culture, multiculturalism and globalisation, schooling and social change, and rural livelihoods. Her current postdoctoral project investigates the changing landscape of rural multicultures for youth. Rose is co-editor of the Special Issue ‘Asian Migration and Education Cultures in the Anglo-Sphere’ in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies and has published with journals including the Journal of Youth Studies, Journal of Sociology and the Journal of Intercultural Studies. She has a PhD from the Australian National University.

• Introduction.- Chapter 1. Children in an Insecure Economy.- Chapter 2. Economy, Identity and Fairness.- Chapter 3. Researching Childhoods.- Chapter 4. Going without: dignity and resentment.- Chapter 5. Staying within: politics of difference.- Chapter 6. Cutting down: entitlement and solidarity.- Chapter 7: Stigma and boundary work.- Conclusion.

Rose Butler is a postdoctoral researcher at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University, Australia. Her research crosses the disciplines of Sociology, Youth Studies and Anthropology with a focus on class and culture, multiculturalism and globalisation, schooling and social change, and rural livelihoods. Her current postdoctoral project investigates the changing landscape of rural multicultures for youth. Rose is co-editor of the Special Issue ‘Asian Migration and Education Cultures in the Anglo-Sphere’ in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies and has published with journals including the Journal of Youth Studies, Journal of Sociology and the Journal of Intercultural Studies. She has a PhD from the Australian National University.

• Introduction.- Chapter 1. Children in an Insecure Economy.- Chapter 2. Economy, Identity and Fairness.- Chapter 3. Researching Childhoods.- Chapter 4. Going without: dignity and resentment.- Chapter 5. Staying within: politics of difference.- Chapter 6. Cutting down: entitlement and solidarity.- Chapter 7: Stigma and boundary work.- Conclusion.