Justice for children : autonomy development and the state / Harry Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Harry William, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autonomy (Psychology) in children.

Social justice.

Parent and child.

Child development.

Child welfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Applies the concept of personal and political autonomy to children and children's development.

Contents:

Autonomy

Autonomy

The necessary conditions of autonomy

The degrees of autonomy

The value of autonomy

The moral priority of children's development of autonomy

Autonomy development

Child development and the autonomy threshold

Young adulthood and the signs of autonomy (the commencement of a life path)

Adolescence and the building blocks of autonomy (the acquisition of self-efficacy skills)

Childhood and the foundations of autonomy (the early pathways of development)

Crippled autonomy development and state intervention

Crippled autonomy development and the harm principle

Possible types of state intervention

Intervention in the family : a parental licensing model

The proactive management of risks

A model of parental licensing

Compulsory contraception

Intervention in the school : an educational justice standard

The need for educational justice

The educational justice standard (to support at least minimal autonomy, [greater than or equal to] AL3)

Addendum : educational support for more than minimal autonomy ([greater than or equal to] AL4)?

Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-249) and index.

ISBN:

9780791478844

079147884X

9781435632097

1435632095

OCLC:

212096023