Scholarly Publications:
Cooper, E. 2022. Burning Ambition: Education, Arson, and Learning Justice in Kenya. University of Wisconsin Press.
Cooper, E. 2018. ‘Beyond the everyday: Sustaining kinship in western Kenya’, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 24 (1): 30-46.
Cooper, E. 2017. ‘The importance of being serious: Subjectivity and adulthood in Kenya’, Ethnos, 83(4): 665-682.
Cooper, E. and D. Pratten (eds). 2015. Ethnographies of Uncertainty in Africa. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Cooper, E. 2015. ‘Charity and chance: The manufacture of uncertainty through child sponsorship in Kenya’, Chapter in: Cooper, E. and D. Pratten (eds). Ethnographies of Uncertainty in Africa. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 36-58.
Cooper, E. 2014. ‘Students, arson, and protest politics in Kenya: School fires as political action’, African Affairs, 113 (453): 583-600.
Cooper, E. 2012. ‘Sitting and standing: How families are fixing trust in uncertain times’, Africa, 82 (3): 437-456.
Cooper, E. 2012. ‘Following the law, but losing the spirit of child protection in Kenya’, Development in Practice, 22 (4): 486-497.
Cooper, E. and K. Bird. 2012. ‘Introduction. Inheritance: A gendered and intergenerational dimension of poverty’, Development Policy Review, 30 (5): 527-541.
Cooper, E. 2012. ‘Women and inheritance in sub-Saharan Africa: What can change?’, Development Policy Review, 30 (5): 641-657.
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oyden, J. and E. Cooper. 2008. ‘Questioning the power of resilience: Are children up to the task of disrupting the transmission of poverty?’ Chapter in: Addison, T., D. Hulme and R. Kanbur. (Eds). Poverty Dynamics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Oxford: Oxford University Press: 289-308.
Cooper, E. 2008. ‘Learning from the research questions of out-of-school refugee youths’, Chapter in: Leach, F. and M. Dunne (Eds). Education, Conflict and Reconciliation: International Perspectives. Oxford: Peter Lang Publishing Group: 333-348.
Cooper, E. 2007. ‘Praxis in a refugee camp? A case study of Participatory Action Research with refugee youths’, Children, Youth & Environments, 17 (3): 104-121.
Cooper, E. 2005. ‘What do we know about out-of-school youths? How Participatory Action Research can work for young refugees in camps’, Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 35 (4): 463-477.
Cooper, E. 2022. Burning Ambition: Education, Arson, and Learning Justice in Kenya. University of Wisconsin Press.
Cooper, E. 2018. ‘Beyond the everyday: Sustaining kinship in western Kenya’, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 24 (1): 30-46.
Cooper, E. 2017. ‘The importance of being serious: Subjectivity and adulthood in Kenya’, Ethnos, 83(4): 665-682.
Cooper, E. and D. Pratten (eds). 2015. Ethnographies of Uncertainty in Africa. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Cooper, E. 2015. ‘Charity and chance: The manufacture of uncertainty through child sponsorship in Kenya’, Chapter in: Cooper, E. and D. Pratten (eds). Ethnographies of Uncertainty in Africa. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 36-58.
Cooper, E. 2014. ‘Students, arson, and protest politics in Kenya: School fires as political action’, African Affairs, 113 (453): 583-600.
Cooper, E. 2012. ‘Sitting and standing: How families are fixing trust in uncertain times’, Africa, 82 (3): 437-456.
Cooper, E. 2012. ‘Following the law, but losing the spirit of child protection in Kenya’, Development in Practice, 22 (4): 486-497.
Cooper, E. and K. Bird. 2012. ‘Introduction. Inheritance: A gendered and intergenerational dimension of poverty’, Development Policy Review, 30 (5): 527-541.
Cooper, E. 2012. ‘Women and inheritance in sub-Saharan Africa: What can change?’, Development Policy Review, 30 (5): 641-657.
B
oyden, J. and E. Cooper. 2008. ‘Questioning the power of resilience: Are children up to the task of disrupting the transmission of poverty?’ Chapter in: Addison, T., D. Hulme and R. Kanbur. (Eds). Poverty Dynamics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Oxford: Oxford University Press: 289-308.
Cooper, E. 2008. ‘Learning from the research questions of out-of-school refugee youths’, Chapter in: Leach, F. and M. Dunne (Eds). Education, Conflict and Reconciliation: International Perspectives. Oxford: Peter Lang Publishing Group: 333-348.
Cooper, E. 2007. ‘Praxis in a refugee camp? A case study of Participatory Action Research with refugee youths’, Children, Youth & Environments, 17 (3): 104-121.
Cooper, E. 2005. ‘What do we know about out-of-school youths? How Participatory Action Research can work for young refugees in camps’, Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 35 (4): 463-477.
