Ed Cairns has spent the last 25 years studying the impact of political violence on children in Northern Ireland. Much of this work has been conducted through the Center for the Study of Conflict at the University of Ulster, and more recently through INCORE, the joint UN/University of Ulster programme on conflict resolution and ethnicity.

• Series Editor's Preface. Acknowledgements.1. Introduction.2. Stress and Coping.3. Everyday Life.4. Politics - Learning and Doing.5. Making a Difference.6. Future Research Contents.References.Index.

"Drawing on contemporary research on children in townships, refugee camps, settlements, urban ghettos, and other settings, as well as studies of young wartime survivors of the Holocaust and the British bombardment, Cairns synthesizes what is known and highlights what remains unknown about the consequences for children of the violence they observe and experience ... the author offers a provocative heuristic analysis that both synthesizes existing knowledge and frames important questions for further study." Contemporary Psychology "This book presents a valuable comprehensive review and critique of the research literature relating to the effects of political violence on children." Morton Deutsch, Director of the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution, Columbia University