The well-being of children : philosophical and social scientific approaches / Gottfried Schweiger, Gunter Graf (eds.) ; managing editor, Anna Michaelska ; language editors, Sarah Hanagarth, P. Christian Adamski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schweiger, Gottfried

Contributor:

Schweiger, Gottfried, editor.

Graf, Günter, editor.

Michalska, Anna, editor.

Hanagarth, Sarah, editor.

Adamski, P. Christian, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child development.

Child welfare.

Children--Social conditions.

Children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Warsaw/Berlin : De Gruyter Open, [2015]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This volume explores the questions related to the theory, practice, and policy of the well-being and well-becoming of children. It does so in a truly interdisciplinary way with a focus on the social sciences and philosophy, giving therefore justice to the growing insight that studying and promoting the well-being of children has a strong ethical component. It is dependent on the questions of good life, its conditions and cannot be separated from the concept of social justice and moral entitlements of children and their families. In this book, philosophers and social scientists, in close dialogue, shed light on some of the most challenging matters involved.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

List of Contributors

Introduction: Conceptualizing Children's Well-Being / Graf, Gunter / Schweiger, Gottfried

Section I: Theories and Concepts of Children's Well- Being

1 Conceptions of Childhood, Agency and the Well- Being of Children / Graf, Gunter

2 Does Welfare Trump Freedom? A Normative Evaluation of Contextualism about how to Promote Welfare / Višak, Tatjana

3 Keeping them in Mind / Moore, Tim

4 The Developmental Capability Model of Child Well-Being / Gardner, Bill

5 Justice and Children's Well-Being and Well-Becoming / Schweiger, Gottfried

Section II: Children's Well-Being and Well-Becoming

6 Conceptualising Child versus Adult Well-Being: Schooling and Employment / Clair, Amy

7 Male Circumcision and Children's Interests / Bagattini, Alexander

8 Children's Mental Well-Being and Education / Cabezas, Mar

9 Will Children of Social Care Services Users be Future Users? Results of a Pilot Research in Rome / D'Emilione, Matteo / Giuliano, Giovannina / Vivaldi Vera, Paloma

List of Figures

List of Tables

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 2, 2017).

ISBN:

3-11-045064-X

3-11-045052-6

OCLC:

1013956332