Generation in jeopardy : children in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
"Children in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union explores the dire impact that political and economic transition has had on the lives of millions of children in this troubled region." "Generation in Jeopardy brings together the research and views of experts from across the region and extensive data gathered by UNICEF. It is illustrated with black-and-white photographs and numerous charts, graphs, and tables."--Jacket
xvii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
9780765601216, 9780765602909, 0765601214, 0765602903
38542692
Part one Social conditions; Chapter 1 The social and economic cost of transition; Chapter 2 Child health; Chapter 3 Environment; Chapter 4 Nutrition; Chapter 5 Education; Part two Child protection; Chapter 6 Children on the front line: Child refugees and victims of war; Chapter 7 Child neglect, abuse, and exploitation; Chapter 8 Child labor; Chapter 9 Juvenile crime; Part three Different faces of the transition; Chapter 10 Children in the republics of former Yugoslavia; Chapter 11 Central Europe; Chapter 12 Children of the Baltic countries; Chapter 13 Southeastern Europe; Chapter 14 Belarus, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine; Chapter 15 The Caucasus countries; Chapter 16 The Central Asian republics and Kazakhstan; Chapter 17 The Aral Sea disaster zone; Chapter 18 Minority groups;