Handbook of children's rights : global and multidisciplinary perspectives / edited by Martin D. Ruck, Michele Peterson-Badali, and Michael Freeman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ruck, Martin D., 1959- editor.

Peterson-Badali, Michele, editor.

Freeman, Michael D. A., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's rights.

Child welfare--International cooperation.

Child welfare.

Physical Description:

xxi, 618 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

While the notion of young people as individuals worthy or capable of having rights is of relatively recent origin, over the past several decades there has been a substantial increase in both social and political commitment to children's rights as well as a tendency to grant young people some of the rights that were typically accorded only to adults. In addition, there has been a noticeable shift in orientation from a focus on children's protection and provision to an emphasis on children's participation and self-determination. With contributions from a wide range of international scholars, the Handbook of Children's Rights brings together research, theory, and practice from diverse perspectives on children's rights. This volume constitutes a comprehensive treatment of critical perspectives concerning children's rights in their various forms. Its contributions address some of the major scholarly tensions and policy debates comprising the current discourse on children's rights, including the best interests of the child, evolving capacities of the child, states' rights versus children's rights, rights of children versus parental or family rights, children as citizens, children's rights versus children's responsibilities, and balancing protection and participation. In addition to its multidisciplinary focus, the handbook includes perspectives from social science domains in which children's rights scholarship has evolved largely independently due to distinct and seemingly competing assumptions and disciplinary approaches (e.g., childhood studies, developmental psychology, sociology of childhood, anthropology, and political science). The handbook also brings together diverse methodological approaches to the study of children's rights, including both quantitative and qualitative perspectives, and policy analysis. This comprehensive, cosmopolitan, and timely volume serves as an important reference for both scholarly and policy-driven interest in the voices and perspectives of children and youth. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Children's Rights and the CRC 1

1 History of Children's Rights / Peter N. Steams Steams, Peter N. 3

2 Children's Rights and Women's Rights: Interrelated and Interdependent / Jonathan Todres Todres, Jonathan 21

3 Children's Rights: A Framework to Eliminate Social Exclusion? Critical Discussions and Tensions / Didier Reynaert Reynaert, Didier, Rudi Roose Roose, Rudi 36

4 Fixed Concepts but Changing Conceptions: Understanding the Relationship Between Children and Parents under the CRC / John Tobin Tobin, John 53

5 Children's Rights and Well-Being / Asher Ben-Arieh Ben-Arieh, Asher, Noam Tarshish Tarshish, Noam 68

6 The Convention on the Rights of the Child after Twenty-five Years: Challenges of Content and Implementation / Ursula Kilkelly Kilkelly, Ursula 80

Part II Social Science and Theoretical Perspectives on Children's Rights 95

7 Anthropological Perspectives on Children's Rights / Heather Montgomery Montgomery, Heather 97

8 Sociological Approaches to Children's Rights / Virginia Morrow Morrow, Virginia, Kirrily Pells Pells, Kirrily 114

9 The Psychology of Children's Rights / Charles C. Helwig Helwig, Charles C., Elliot Turiel Turiel, Elliot 132

10 Philosophical Perspectives on Children's Rights / Rosalind Ekman Ladd Ladd, Rosalind Ekman 149

11 Realising Children's Economic and Social Rights: Towards Rights-Based Global Action Strategies / Michael Nyongesa Wabwile Wabwile, Michael Nyongesa 163

12 The Evolving Capacities of the Child: Neurodeveloment and Children's Rights / Daniel P. Keating Keating, Daniel P. 184

Part III Children's Rights in Legal, Educational, Health Care and Other Settings 201

13 Health and Children's Rights / Priscilla Alderson Alderson, Priscilla 203

14 The Right to Be Who You Are: Competing Tensions among Protection, Survival, and Participation Related to Youth Sexuality and Gender / Stacey S. Hom Hom, Stacey S., Christina Peter Peter, Christina, Stephen T. Russell Russell, Stephen T. 221

15 Progress toward Worldwide Recognition of the Child's Human Right to Dignity, Physical Integrity and Protection from Harm / Bernadette J. Saunders Saunders, Bernadette J. 239

16 The Continuing Abuse and Neglect of Children / Neerosh Mudaly Mudaly, Neerosh, Chris Goddard Goddard, Chris 258

17 What Stands in the Way of Children's Exercise of their Criminal Procedural Rights in the United States? Our Evolving and Incomplete Interdisciplinary Understanding / Emily Buss Buss, Emily 278

18 Implementing Children's Education Rights in Schools / Katherine Covell Covell, Katherine, R. Brian Howe Howe, R. Brian, Anne McGillivray McGillivray, Anne 296

19 Children's Right to Play: From the Margins to the Middle / Stuart Lester Lester, Stuart 312

20 Children with Psychiatric Disabilities: Bioethical and Genomic Dilemmas / Maya Sabatello Sabatello, Maya 328

Part IV Global Perspectives on Children's Rights 347

21 Children and Adolescents in Street Settings: Rights and Realities / Marcela Raffaelli Raffaelli, Marcela, Silvia H. Koller Koller, Silvia H. 349

22 Children's Education Rights: Global Perspectives / Laura Lundy Lundy, Laura, Karen Orr Orr, Karen, Hany Shier Shier, Hany 364

23 Governance and Children's Rights in Africa and Latin America: National and Transnational Constraints / Richard Maclure Maclure, Richard 381

24 Independent Children's Rights Institutions / Linda C. Reif Reif, Linda C. 398

25 Children's Rights and Digital Technologies: Introduction to the Discourse and Some Meta-observations / Urs Gasser Gasser, Urs, Sandra Cortesi Cortesi, Sandra 417

26 Working Children as Subjects of Rights: Explaining Children's Right to Work / Manfred Liebel Liebel, Manfred, Philip Meade Meade, Philip, Iven Saadi Saadi, Iven 437

27 Protection from Sexual Exploitation in the Convention on the Rights of the Child / Elizabeth M. Saewyc Saewyc, Elizabeth M. 454

28 Child Soldiers: The Challenges and Opportunities in Addressing the Rights of Children Affected by War / Myriam Denov Denov, Myriam, Andie Buccitelli Buccitelli, Andie 465

Part V Children's Rights in Action 479

29 Children's Right to Write: Young People's Participation as Producers of Children's Literature / Rachel Conrad Conrad, Rachel 481

30 Children's Free Association and the Collective Exercise of Their Rights / Bijan Kimiagar Kimiagar, Bijan, Roger Hart Hart, Roger 498

31 Child Participation in Local Governance / Meda Couzens Couzens, Meda 515

32 Children's Rights to Child-Friendly Cities / Louise Chawla Chawla, Louise, Willem van Vliet Vliet, Willem van 533

33 Visual Methods in Participatory Rights-Based Research with Children and Young People in Indonesia and Vanuatu / Harriot Beazley Beazley, Harriot 550

34 Child Rights and Practitioner Wrongs: Lessons from Interagency Research in Sierra Leone and Kenya / Michael Wessells Wessells, Michael, Kathleen Kostelny Kostelny, Kathleen 579

35 Children's Voices about Children's Rights: Thoughts from Developmental Psychology / Martin D. Ruck Ruck, Martin D., Michele Peterson-Badali Peterson-Badali, Michele, Isabelle M. Elisha Elisha, Isabelle M., Harriet R. Tenenbaum Tenenbaum, Harriet R. 597.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781848724785

1848724780

9781848724792

1848724799

OCLC:

959922505