Children's rights : multidisciplinary approaches to participation and protection / edited by Tom O'Neill and Dawn Zinga.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Neill, Tom, 1957-

Zinga, Dawn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's rights.

Social participation.

Child welfare.

Students--Legal status, laws, etc.

Students.

Physical Description:

ix, 348 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo, NY : University of Toronto Press, [2008]

Contents:

Part 1 A World of Children's Rights

1 The Dilemma of Child and Youth Participation in Nepal's People's War / Tom O'Neill 21

2 Protecting the Rights of International 'Orphans': Evaluating the Alternatives / Lucy Le Mare, Karyn Audet, Karen Kurytnik 39

3 Becoming-Child: Ontology, Immanence, and the Production of Child and Youth Rights / Hans Skott-Myhre, Donato Tarulli 69

4 Children's Right to Education: Contextualizing Its Expression in Developed and Developing Countries / Dawn Zinga, Sherri Young 85

Part 2 Protecting Children's Rights

5 Entitlement beyond the Family: Global Rights Commitments and Children's Health Policy in Canada / Candace Johnson 115

6 There's No Place Like Home: The Child's Right to Family / Marjorie Aunos, Maurice Feldman 137

7 Human Rights for Children and Youth with Developmental Disabilities / Frances Owen, Christine Tardif-Williams, Donato Tarulli, Glenys Mcqueen-Fuentes, Maurice Feldman, Carol Sales, Karen Stoner, Leanne Gosse, Dorothy Griffiths 163

8 Protecting the Rights of Alleged Victims of Child Abuse in Adult-Based Judicial Systems / Kim P. Roberts, Angela Evans 195

Part 3 Weighing Protection and Participation Rights in Schools

9 Child Rights in Cyber-Space: Protection, Participation, and Privacy / Shaheen Shariff, Leanne Johnny 219

10 Too Little, Too Late: The Right to Comprehensive Sexual Health Education in Childhood and Adolescence / Johanna van Vliet, Rebecca Raby 245

11 Special Education Rights: Services for Children with Special Needs in Ontario Schools / Sheila Bennett, Don Dworet, Manta Zahos 271

12 Bullying Prevention and the Rights of Children: Psychological and Democratic Aspects / Monique Lacharite, Zopito A. Marini 297

13 Rights and Responsibility: Secondary School Conduct Codes and the Production of Passive Citizenship / Rebecca Raby 326.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780802097859

0802097855

9780802095404

0802095402

OCLC:

190850883