- INTRODUCTION : INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH - WORKING CHILDREN IN ZIMBABWE - TOYS AND GAMES : CHILDHOOD IN THE PARQUE DAS NACOES FAVELA IN BRAZIL - TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD IN JAPAN AND KOREA : AN OVERVIEW - ETHNIC IDENTITY AND SEGMENTED ASSIMILATION AMONG SECOND-GENERATION CHINESE YOUTH - THE RADICALIZATION OF THE SELF - `BEYOND` GENERATIONAL ORDER : GERMAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AS A CASE STUDY - CHILDREN'S VIEWS ON CHILDREN'S RIGHTS. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SPAIN AND ITALY - INVOLVING CHILDREN IN SOCIAL POLICY : A CASE STUDY FROM NORTHERN IRELAND - THE GENERATIONING OF POWER : A COMPARISON OF CHILD-PARENT AND SIBLING RELATIONS IN SCOTLAND - A TALE OF TWO CITIES : HEALTH-COMPROMISING BEHAVIORS BETWEEN HUNGARIAN AND AMERICAN YOUTH - MAPPING CHANGES IN THE SOCIAL LIVES OF CHILDREN : AN ANALYSIS OF ACTIVITIES AND BEST PRACTICE INITIATED THROUGH SCHOOL-BASED MENTORING IN PHILADELPHIA - THE IMPACT OF WAR, ADULT HIV/AIDS, AND MILITARIZATION ON YOUNG CHILDREN'S MORTALITY - CHANGES IN NONMARITAL COHABITATION AND THE FAMILY STRUCTURE EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN ACROSS 17 COUNTRIES