Mandela's Children: Growing Up in Post-Apartheid South Africa

by Barbarin,Oscar A.

• ISBN13: 9780415924689
• ISBN10: 0415924685
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-27
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

There is a gap between the hope for improved social conditions in post-apartheid South Africa and the grim reality of black life there is especially striking for South African children who face serious threats to their health and development as a consequence of poverty, racism, violence, and residual social inequality.Mandela's Childrenpresents the contrasting conditions of "hope and peril" that characterize life in South African families, schools, and communities. Using empirical data and qualitative case studies, the authors analyze and discuss research on children's behavioral, emotional, and academic development and how they are influenced by community violence, household poverty and family functioning. This discussion is balanced by one that considers the competence, health and resilience of South African children.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	viii
Acknowledgments	ix
Social Transformation and Child Development in South Africa	1	(24)
A Brief History of Institutional Racism in South Africa	25	(18)
Urban Poverty and Living Standards	43	(22)
The Decline of Political Violence	65	(16)
Rising Family and Community Violence	81	(16)
Physical Growth and Social Development	97	(20)
Self-Regulation of Attention, Behavior, and Emotions	117	(20)
Urban Households and Family Relationships	137	(18)
Family Influences on Socioemotional Development	155	(18)
Poverty and Child Development	173	(28)
The Impact of Violence on Children	201	(20)
Comparing the Social Development of South African, Ugandan, and African-American Children	221	(22)
Between Hope and Peril: Adaptive Families, Resilient Children	243	(22)
Addressing the Needs of Children	265	(14)
References	279	(10)
Appendix: South African Child Assessment Schedule	289	(14)
Index	303