The Rehabilitation Paradox: Street-Working Children in Afghanistan

Autor/inn/en	Williams, Christopher; Yazdani, Farzaneh
Titel	The Rehabilitation Paradox: Street-Working Children in Afghanistan
Quelle	In: Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 3 (2009) 1, S.4-20 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1559-5692
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Child Labor; Adolescents; Nongovernmental Organizations; Foreign Countries; Foreign Policy; Social Values; Public Policy; Minority Group Children; Rehabilitation; Role of Education; Politics of Education; Social Bias; Developing Nations; Child Welfare; Access to Education; Afghanistan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child labour; Kinderarbeit; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Außenpolitik; Sozialer Wert; Öffentliche Ordnung; Bildungsauftrag; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Kindeswohl; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang
Abstract	International humanitarian intervention in Afghanistan reflects a policy discourse of "rehabilitation," which is very evident in relation to nongovernmental organization (NGO) projects for street-working children. Through analysing national and international policy, professional perceptions of the children, and field visits to see how policy relates to practice in NGO projects in Kabul, this article argues that the discourse is a "rehabilitation paradox." The international goal is to return "minority" children, who are numerically the majority, to a "mainstream," which is either mythical or a transient international elite. John Gray argues that Western utopianism explains the misguided nature of recent international military interventions, and this article extends that argument to rehabilitation. Without a concept of rehabilitation, "intervention" can be an act of wanton destruction. Policymakers need to be aware of how education can become complicit in the political arguments that are used to legitimise questionable interventions. It is proposed that, conceptually and practically, "habilitation" would be a more appropriate goal. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10