Global perspectives on rural childhood and youth : young rural lives / edited by Ruth Panelli, Samantha Punch, and Elsbeth Robson.

"First published in 2007. Transferred to Digital Printing 2010."--T.p. verso of paperback edition.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-259) and index.

1. From difference to dialogue : conceptualizing global perspectives on rural childhood and youth / Ruth Panelli, Samantha Punch and Elsbeth Robson -- 2. Doing and belonging : toward a more-than-representational account of young migrant identities in Lesotho and Malawi / Nicola Ansell and Lorraine Van Blerk -- 3. Exploring masculinity, technology, and identity in rural Norway / Anne Sofie Laegran -- 4. 'Our lives are like a sock inside-out' : children's work and youth identity in neoliberal rural Mexico / Fina Carpena-Mendez -- 5. Rural daughters in australia, New Zealand, and the United States : an historical perspective / Kathryn Hunter and Pamela Riney-Kehrberg -- 6. Reflecting on contexts and identities for young rural lives / Naomi Bushin, Nicola Ansell, Hanne K. Adriansen, Jaana Lahteenmaa and Ruth Panelli -- 7. An example of 'thin' agency : child domestic workers in Tanzania / Natascha Klocker -- 8. On both sides of the tracks : British rural teenagers' views on their ruralities / Hugh Matthews and Faith Tucker -- 9. The 'Malaysian orphans' of lombok : children and young people's livelihood responses to out-migration in Eastern Indonesia / Harriot Beazley -- 10. 'I mean, it depends on me in the end, doesn't it?' : young people's perspectives on their daily life and future prospects in rural East Germany / Nadine Schafer -- 11. Conceptualizing agency in the lives and actions of rural young people / Elsbeth Robson, Stephen Bell and Natascha Klocker -- 12. Generational power relations in rural Bolivia / Samantha Punch -- 13. 'Preppy-jocks', 'rednecks', 'stoners', and 'scum' : power and youth social groups in rural Vermont / Cheryl Morse Dunkley and Ruth Panelli -- 14. 'The child drums and the elder dances'? : girlfriends and boyfriends negotiating power relations in rural Uganda / Stephen Bell -- 15. Rurality, power, and the otherness of childhood in British contexts / Owain Jones -- 16. Power and place for rural young people / Samantha Punch, Stephen Bell, Lauren Costello and Ruth Panelli -- 17. Conclusions and future directions for studying young rural lives / Elsbeth Robson, Ruth Panelli and Samantha Punch.