1st Edition
Children on the Streets of the Americas Globalization, Homelessness and Education in the United States, Brazil, and Cuba
The number of street children in developed and developing nations is rising, often in the midst of prosperity. These original contributions study and compare the living conditions and educational experiences of homeless children in the United States, Brazil and Cuba. Because social policy and economic factors are central to these children's plight, Mickelson and her contributors employ a political economy perspective to examine the lives of the children and the educational and social programs-successful and unsuccessful-that are designed to serve them. The book examines formal and informal programs, compares and contrasts children's situations in each country, and offers policy recommendations. Throughout the book, case studies are combined with recent statistical and demographic facts about each country. Also includes maps. Contributors: Fernanda Gon #231;alves Almeida, Jean Anyon, Lynn G. Beck, Inaia Maria Moreira de Carvalho, Anthony Dewees, Marian Wright Edelman, Ligia Gomes Elliot, Irving Epstein, Mar #237;a Luisa Gonz #225;lez, Linda Holman, Ana Huerta-Mac #237;as, Martha Knisely Huggins, Steven J. Klees, Lori Korinek, Sheryl L. Lutjens, Myriam P. Mesquita, Virginia Laycock McLaughlin, Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Nelly de Mendo #231;a Moulin, Rebecca L. Newman, Ralph da Costa Nu #241;ez, Vilma Periera, Marc Posner, Amelia Maria Noronha Pessoa de Queiroz, Yvonne Rafferty, Irene Rizzini, F #250;lvia Rosemberg, Murilo Tadeu Moreira Silva, James H. Stronge, Chriss Walther-Thomas
Part I: Introduction Part II: Children on the Streets of Brazil, Cuba, and the United States: A Status Report Part III: Education and Social Policy for Children: The Role of the State Part IV: Case Studies of Programs for Homeless and Street Children in the United States, Brazil, and Cuba Part V: Marginalized Children and Youth: The Social and Educational Needs of the Most Disadvantaged Children Part VI: Conclusion
Biography
Roslyn Arlin Mickelson is Professor of Women's Studies at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. She is a Visiting Scholar in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University in fall 1999.
"In her Foreword, Marian Wright Edelman, founder of the Children's Defense Fund, promotes this book as one that "shows us the face of homelessness in Brazil, Cuba, and the United States." Mickelson's book certainly does that, while offering the reader comparative analysis of education for the least priviledged children in the context of globalization. The book will be most appreciated by students of the social foundations of education and by sociologists of education who are looking to connect the education of children with larger scale social processes." -- Contemporary Sociology, May 2001
