Child Security in Asia

Cecilia Jacob is Visiting Fellow and Lecturer in the Department of Political and Social Change at the Australian National University. Her research interests include the politics of civilian protection, critical security and children, with a focus on South and Southeast Asia.

• Introduction 1. Childhood, Security and Protection: Concepts and Theoretical Approach 2. Locating Children in Global Politics: A Political Sociological Approach 3. Conceptualising Child Security: Rights, Agency, Participation and Protection 4. Power, Protection and the Discourse of Security in Cambodia 5. Post-Conflict Governance and Child Protection in Cambodia 6. Conflict, Militarization and Displacement: Child Insecurity in Myanmar 7. Responding to Child Insecurity in Myanmar and the Borderlands: The Protection Gap 8. Conclusion: The Politics of Protecting Children and Implications for Security Analysis

"This too is a welcome contribution inasmuch as it serves as a goad to security scholars to take up lines of inquiry too long neglected by the field... This book stands as an important contribution and essential reading for anyone trying to make sense of what it means to ask about children and youth in Security Studies and what is at stake when we do so."J. Marshall Beier, McMaster University"Reading this book brings home the reality of the plight of children in conflict zones around the world. The current situation in Syria, in particular, presents a real and alarming example where the rights of children and their security and their protection are threatened. Jacob’s book is well worth a read for those interested in how we should be thinking about these complex but important issues."Dr Mhairi Cowden, Australian Institute of International Affairs