"This second edition of Children, Youth and Development brings us an excellent synthesis of knowledge on young people’s encounters with development processes in diverse social, cultural, economic, political, spatial and institutional contexts. The book is written with exceptional analytical clarity, consisting of up-to-date and engaging debates, figures and boxed illustrations that are valuable for postgraduate students, scholars and practitioners embarking on the burgeoning fields of childhood studies, youth studies and development studies."

Tatek Abebe, Associate Professor and Programme Leader of MPhil in Childhood Studies, Norwegian Center for Child Research, Norwegian University of Sciences and Technology, Norway

"A much needed second edition; updated and expanded. By revisiting old debates and introducing new ones Ansell critically discusses the situation of children and young people in diverse contexts of development at the start of the SDG era and in relation to an increasingly multi-polar world."

Roy Huijsmans, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

"This well-written and accessible revised text provides an up-to-date comprehensive overview of children and young people’s experiences in the majority of the world. Excellent case studies illustrate the diverse ways that development processes impact upon childhoods and youth in globalising contexts."

Professor Samantha Punch, School of Social Sciences, University of Stirling, UK

Praise for the first edition:

'Children, Youth and Development provides a groundbreaking look at the complex and diverse ways in which children and young people are affected by and play a role in global economic, social and political processes.' – Sarah J. Halvorson, University of Montana, USA

'Children, Youth and Development provides a compendium of extremely useful and well evidenced information to challenge assumptions, and a thorough picture of how it is to be a child/young person today in the world.' – Jo Trelfa, College of St. Mark and St. John, Plymouth, UK

'An excellent and welcome overview of the diversity of children and young people's experiences in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Children, Youth and Development is a comprehensive, accessible and timely text.'– Samantha Punch, University of Stirling, UK

'Children, Youth and Development provides a ground-breaking look at the complex and diverse ways in which children and young people are affected by and play a role in global economic, social and political processes.' – Sarah J. Halvorson, University of Montana, USA

'Children, Youth and Development provides a compendium of extremely useful and well evidenced information to challenge assumptions, and a thorough picture of how it is to be a child/young person today in the world.' – Jo Trelfa, College of St. Mark and St. John, Plymouth, Uk