Children and youth in street situations and their capabilities

Jean-Christophe Ryckmans

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This research uses an Interactionist approach to understand how children and youth in street situations in Nepal and elsewhere negotiate their social identity while confronted with dynamics of domination, labelling and violence. Their capability to survive on the street determines their career, which is also influenced by their capacity to play with the institutional network supposed to help or control them. Presenting a typology of the existing intervention system, this research will shed light on the existing gaps and the effect of conversion « back to the norm », carried out or encouraged by NGOs or public authorities.

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• Sociologie

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• Publié par: L'Harmattan
• Date de parution: 10 janvier 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9782140140273
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 25 Mo

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CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN STREET SITUATIONS AND THEIR CAPABILITIES Jean-Christophe Ryckmans
“From strategies of urban survival to careers
within the protection system”
CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN STREET SITUATIONS
This research uses an Interactionist approach to understand how children
and youth in street situations in Nepal and elsewhere negotiate their AND THEIR CAPABILITIES
social identity while confronted with dynamics of domination, labelling
and violence. Their capability to survive on the street determines their “From strategies of urban survival to careers
career, which is also inuenced by their capacity to play with the within the protection system”institutional network supposed to help or control them.
These life stories will be approached with a deep analysis of:
their inherited identity (e.g., cast, religion, family and community
background); the identity developed by street situations (e.g., survival
group, regular activities, drugs, physical, moral and sexual violence);
and their projected identity (e.g., dreams, expectations, projections).
Presenting a typology of the existing intervention system, this
research will shed light on the existing gaps and the effect of conversion
« back to the norm », carried out or encouraged by NGOs or public
authorities. The current transformation of the Child Protection System will
be analyzed, along with their real or felt impact on marginalized children
and youth. The paradox will be explored between the institutional discourse,
which presents the child as an actor of his life and rights, and the reality
on the ground, where intervention tools integrate little of the individual’s
perspectives and the interactional context surrounding concerned subjects.
Jean-Christophe Ryckmans is a Political Science Doctor (Paris 1-Sorbonne)
directing projects for children and youth in street situations for the last
20 years. In Nepal mainly, but also in Burundi, Congo, Cambodia, India, etc.,
he analyses and intervenes with children, youth at risks and their families.
In 2017, he was appointed “Commander of the Order of the Crown” by the
Belgian King Philippe.
Forewords by KP Sharma Oli, Didier Reynders, Prabat Gurung and Willy Borsus
Cover illustration © CPCS.
ISBN : 978-2-343-19321-2
Éducateurs et Préventions35 €
CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN STREET SITUATIONS
Jean-Christophe Ryckmans
AND THEIR CAPABILITIES
“From strategies of urban survival to careers within the protection system”Children and youth in street situations
and their capabilities Éducateurs et Préventions
Collection dirigée par Pascal LE REST
Les éducateurs travaillent dans l’ombre et contribuent dans le
quotidien à la résolution de situations complexes, souvent
dramatiques et douloureuses. Ils interviennent dans des
internats pour enfants, pour adolescents et pour adultes, dans
des institutions pour déficients visuels ou auditifs, en direction
des personnes handicapées physiquement ou mentalement.
Dans la rue, ils travaillent, sans mandat et dans le respect de
l’anonymat, à restaurer des liens affectifs, sociaux,
psychologiques. Ils sont missionnés par la justice pour
accompagner des enfants en difficultés ou sont présents en
milieu carcéral pour aider les détenus à la réinsertion sociale et
professionnelle. Tous, avec courage et détermination, luttent à
l’aide d’outils spécifiques, de méthodes et de pratiques de
terrain élaborées pour améliorer les conditions de vie des
usagers et de leurs familles et prévenir des risques de récidive,
d’inadaptation, de désaffiliation, de rupture scolaire ou
familiale.
La collection veut donner la parole aux éducateurs pour
mettre en lumière leur finesse d’intervention, les lignes de force
qui sous-tendent l’étayage des préventions et transmettre la
mémoire des pratiques.
Dernières parutions
Jean-Christophe RYCKMANS, La protection des enfants en
situations de rue, Désinstitutionnalisation, confusion et
transformation, 2019. ANS Népal : enfants et jeunes en
situations de rue, Réalités rurales et survie urbaine, 2019.
Jean-Christophe RYCKMANS, L’enfant en situations de rue,
Entre résistance, rupture et résilience, 2019.
Jonathan LOULI, Le travail social face à l’incertain. La
prévention spécialisée en quête de sens, 2019.
Pascal LE REST, Mais qui veut la mort de la prévention
spécialisée ?, Des premiers pas aux derniers jours, 2019. Jean-Christophe Ryckmans
CHILDREN AND YOUTH
IN STREET SITUATIONS
AND THEIR CAPABILITIES
“From strategies of urban survival
to careers within the protection system”
Forewords by KP Sharma Oli, Didier Reynders,
Prabat Gurung and Willy Borsus By the same author

RYCKMANS Jean-Christophe & THAPA Krishna (2008). The Abuse of
Street Children in Kathmandu. Kathmandu: CPCS-VOC.

RYCKMANS Jean-Christophe (2007). The Street Children of Kathmandu.
Kathmandu: CPCS.

RYCKMANS Jean-Christophe (2009). A Study of Children’s Homes in
Nepal. Kathmandu : CPCS- ACR-CCWB.
RYCKMANS Jean-Christophe (2007). L’espoir au bout de la rue.
Bruxelles: Memogrames.
RYCKMANS Jean-Christophe (2012). The Street Children of Nepal :
Anthropo-sociological study of Social, Cultural and Communication
Practises. Kathmandu: CPCS.

RYCKMANS Jean-Christophe (2019). La Protection des Enfants en
Situations de rue. Désinstitutionalisation, confusion et transformation.
Paris: L’Harmattan.

RYCKMANS Jean-Christophe (2019). Népal : Enfants et jeunes en
situations de rue. Réalités rurales et survie urbaine. Paris :L’Harmattan.
RYCKMANS Jean-Christophe (2019). L’enfant en situations de rue. Entre
résistance, rupture et résilience. Paris : L’Harmattan














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Summary
FOREWORD BY KP SHARMA OLI, PRIME MINISTER OF NEPAL ......................... 9
FOREWORD BY DIDIER REYNDERS, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OF BELGIUM
................................................................................................................................................ 11
FOREWORD BY PRABAT GURUNG, MINISTER OF WOMEN, CHILDREN AND
SENIOR CITIZEN (NEPAL) .............................................................................................. 13
FOREWORD BY WILLY BORSUS, VICE-PRESIDENT OF WALLONIA
(BELGIUM) .......................................................................................................................... 15
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................................. 17
INTRODUCTION : APPROACH TO THE SCIENTIFIC FIELD UNDERLYING OUR
ANALYSIS OF NEPALESE CHILDREN IN STREET SITUATIONS .......................... 21
PART I - INSTITUTIONAL AND/OR SOCIAL LABELLING AS "STREET
CHILDREN", THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW (THEORETICAL) PARADIGM, A
NEW SYSTEMIC (PRACTICAL) APPROACH MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO
INTRODUCE AN ORIGINAL TYPOLOGY .................................................................... 43
PART II: ANALYSIS OF THE CAREERS OF CHILDREN IN STREET SITUATIONS
IN NEPAL (MICRO-SOCIAL AND IDENTITY PERSPECTIVES) ............................ 101
PART III: INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS OR THE WAYS IN WHICH PUBLIC
POLICIES ARE OPERATIONALISED IN THE WORLD OF CHILDREN IN
STREET SITUATIONS ..................................................................................................... 177
PART IV: IDENTITIES ON LEAVING THE STREET AND CONVERSION
EFFECTS SUPPORTED BY NGOS ................................................................................ 259
GENERAL CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................................ 297
CONTRIBUTION FROM PROFESSOR DANIEL STOECKLIN ................................ 311
CONTRIBUTION FROM BERNARD DE VOS (GENERAL DELEGATE FOR THE
RIGHTS OF THE CHILD - BELGIUM) ......................................................................... 315
CONTRIBUTION BY PATRICK BRUNETEAUX, RESEARCHER IN POLITICAL
SOCIOLOGY AT THE CNRS, PARIS 1 317
CONTRIBUTION BY EDWIN DE BOEVÉ (DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL
NETWORK OF STREET WO RKERS) ........................................................................... 3 2 1
METHODOLOGY AND CRITICISM OF SOURCES ................................................... 323
BIBLIOGRAPHY .............................................................................................................. 333
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................... 337

1 2In memory of Professor Riccardo Lucchini and Nick Simons



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