Children's Rights

From Philosophy to Public Policy
2016. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-49227-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4041 g

Despite the existence of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child there still exists a debate on whether children can really hold rights. This book presents a clear theory of children's rights by examining controversial case studies. The author presents a pathway to translating rights into practical social and political instruments for change.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cowden, Mhairi

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of contents
List of illustrations
Preface
PART I
1. Introduction
2. What is Special about Children?
3. Why Children do not hold Rights
4. Capacity and Competence
5. Why Children have Rights
PART II
6. A Right to Develop
7. A Right to Know
8. A Right to Medical Decision Making
9. A Right to be Loved
10. A Future for Children ' 's Rights
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mhairi Cowden is a Policy Officer within the Department of the Premier and Cabinet for the Government of Western Australia.