A better world for children? : explorations in morality and authority / Michael King.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

King, Michael, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child welfare.

Social systems.

Autopoiesis.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book questions the relationship between personal morality and political will, challenging the assumption that changing society is merely a matter of changing attitudes and highlights the pitfalls associated with formulating social reform

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Good intentions into social action; Child abuse and the regulation of male power; Juridification in the protection of the Scottish child; Doing good for children; mission impossible?; The James Bulger trial: good or bad for guilty or innocent children?; Real and imagined communities and families; Observing children's rights; A different world for children; Bibliography and further reading; Name index; Subject index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references nd indexes.

ISBN:

1-134-74889-2

1-134-74890-6

0-203-44172-9

1-280-31814-7

9780203441725

OCLC:

475877312