Children, parents, and politics / edited by Geoffrey Scarre.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scarre, Geoffrey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Social conditions.

Children.

Children's rights.

Physical Description:

xiv, 207 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [1989]

Contents:

Part I What Children Are

1 Children in history: concepts of nature and society / Ludmilla Jordanova Jordanova, Ludmilla

2 When does childhood begin / William Ruddick Ruddick, William

3 Thinking about children / Judith Hughes Hughes, Judith

Part II The Child in the Democratic Polity

4 The family, democratic politics and the question of authority / Jean Bethke Elshtain Elshtain, Jean Bethke

5 Teenagers and other children / Richard Lindley Lindley, Richard

6 Justice between generations / Geoffrey Scarre Scarre, Geoffrey

7 Children and the mammalian order / Stephen R. L. Clark Clark, Stephen R. L.

8 The right to found a family / John Harris Harris, John

Part III The Worth of Children

9 Child art and the place of children in society / Gareth B. Matthews Matthews, Gareth B.

10 Should all seriously disabled infants live / Helga Kuhse Kuhse, Helga, Peter Singer Singer, Peter

11 Why child pornography is wrong / Tom Regan Regan, Tom.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521360986

0521369355

OCLC:

17842464