Children's Rights in International Politics

The Transformative Power of Discourse
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-349-31750-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 301 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 405 g

Reihe: Transformations of the State

Provides insights into a lively field of international human rights politics – the protection of children and their rights – by looking at the negotiations leading to the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holzscheiter, A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Power and Exclusion in Discourse Approaches to International Relations Discursive Transformation and the Role of Institutions Global Childhood – An Essentially Uncontested Concept? Origins of the Drafting of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Discursive Practices Within the UN and the Transformation of a Global Childhood Paradigm Exclusionary Facets of the Social Ebvironment and their Effects on the New Image of Childhood Conclusion - Future Prospects for an Analysis of Norm Change through Discourse

Über Autor(innen)

ANNA HOLZSCHEITER is a Lecturer at the Center for Transnational Relations, Foreign and Security Policy Studies at Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany. She has been involved in several consultancies with UNICEF and has written a Commentary on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Article 20 – Children Without Parental Care together with Nigel Cantwell.