Street-Frequenting Young People in Fiji Theory and Practice /

• Main Author: Vakaoti, Patrick (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Childhood.; Adolescence.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Social policy.; Childhood, Adolescence and Society.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Children, Youth and Family Policy.; Comparative Social Policy.

This book, uncovers the lived experiences of street-frequenting young people in Fiji.  Typically viewed as 'out of place', these young people disturb what it means to be young and Fijian.  Despite their marginal existence, they through their activities demonstrate the need to belong.  The...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. In or out of place
• 3. Reclaiming lost childhood and youth - policy and practice
• 4. Leaving home for the streets
• 5. At home on the streets
• 6. Negotiating relationships.- 7. A new way of engaging with street-frequenting young people
• 8. Conclusion.