1st Edition

Children's Voices: Studies of interethnic conflict and violence in European schools

Edited By Mateja Sedmak, Zorana Medarić, Sarah Walker Copyright 2014
186 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

How are the processes of increasing ethnic and racial diversity reflected in European schools? How do children and educators experience and perceive interethnic relations in schools? This book examines the issues of interethnic coexistence, the management of ethnic diversity, xenophobic and racial attitudes and, in particular, the under-researched topic of interethnic violence among children... Read more

1. Introduction: Reflections on Interethnic Relations and (In)equality Mateja Sedmak, Zorana Medarić and Sarah Walker  2. The Rise of Racism Across Europe Edma Ajanovic and Birgit Sauer  3. The Management of Interethnic Relations in the European Context Mateja Sedmak and Zorana Medarić  4. Interethnic Violence in Schools across European Countries: The State of the Art Marios Vryonides  5. ‘Ethnicity is Not an Issue!’: Interethnic Relations and Peer Violence in Slovenian Schools Tjaša Žakelj and Ana Kralj  6. Interethnic Violence in Austrian Schools: An Intersectional Approach Birgit Sauer and Edma Ajanovic  7. Interethnic Violence in Italian Schools: A Marginal Phenomenon? Giovanni Delli Zotti, Giorgio Porcelli and Ornella Urpis  8. Wearing Your Own Culture: Perceptions of Islamophobia in England Sally Inman, Pip McCormack and Sarah Walker  9. Interethnic Violence in Cypriot Public Schools: A Dormant Problem with Explosive Potentials Marios Vryonides

Biography

Mateja Sedmak is Associate Professor and Head of the Institute for Social Studies at the Science and Research Centre, University of Primorska, Slovenia.

Zorana Medarić is a researcher at the Science and Research Centre, University of Primorska, Slovenia.

Sarah Walker is a researcher and caseworker in the refugee sector in the UK, working on both academic and NGO based research projects.