This book presents an integral, cross-cultural reflection on the social reality of children's rights and citizenship, giving an insight into new perspectives on the history and different concepts of children's rights in a contextualized and localized manner. MANFRED LIEBEL Director of the Institute of International Studies in Childhood and Youth and the European Master in Childhood Studies and Children's Rights at the Free University Berlin, Germany. He has published numerous books onchildhood and children's rights including A' Will of Their Own: Cross Cultural Perspectives on Working Children', 'Working to be Someone: Child Focused Research and Practice with Working Children' and 'Working Children's Protagonism'. INDICE: List of Illustrations - Acknowledgements - List of Acronyms - Introduction - PART I: CONTEXTS OF CHILDREN'S RIGHTS DISCOURSES - Framing the Issue: Rethinking Children's Rights - Hidden Aspects of Children's Rights History - Children's Rights Contextualized - PART II: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES - Schools of Thought in Children's Rights; 'K.Hanson - 'Localizing Children's Rights;'W.Vandenhole - 'Discriminated for Being Children: A Blind-spot in the Human Rights Arena - Children's Rights and the Responsibilities of States: Thoughts on Understanding Children's Rights as Subjective Rights; 'M.Liebel' & 'I.Saadi- 'PART III: PRACTICAL PERPSECTIVES - Grass-roots Children's Rights - Children's Rights as 'Work in Progress': The Conceptual and Practical Contributions of Working Children's Movements; 'I.Saadi - 'Cultural Variations in Constructions of Children's Participation; 'M.Liebel '&' I.Saadi - 'Children's Citizenship Observed and Experienced - PART IV: NEW FRAMEWORKS FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS FROM BELOW - The Role of Children in Shaping New Contexts of Children's Rights - The Role of Adults in Supporting Children's Rights from Below - Notes - Bibliography - Index -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-30251-8
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha Publicación: 27/01/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés