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Youth in Transition: Exploring a Life Course Perspective on Leaving care in Africa.
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Youth & Society . Jul2024, Vol. 56 Issue 5, p926-945. 20p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- While there is a substantial body of leaving care research, the theorization of care leaving has been more limited. Only a few studies have incorporated a life course perspective, mainly in Global North contexts where life course perspectives may differ significantly from those in the Global South, including Africa. Drawing on findings from a feasibility research study, this paper contributes to the emerging international literature on theorizing care leaving by applying a life course perspective to the experiences of youth leaving care in four African countries. The paper highlights how life course can be a useful conceptual framework for understanding the experiences of care leavers with an emphasis on four core concepts: biography, linked lives, waithood, and agency. Implications for policy and practice are outlined with a focus on interdependence, participatory practice, biography, and cultural transition planning alongside efforts to redress systemic, oppressive barriers facing care leavers in society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0044118X
- Volume :
- 56
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Youth & Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177534185
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X231193708