Children as Equals

Exploring the Rights of the Child
Herausgeber: Alaimo, Kathleen; Klug, Brian

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Children as Equals explores the subject of children's rights. The twelve chapters are written by authors whose disciplines include history, law, philosophy, psychology, and sociology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780761823018
• ISBN-10: 0761823018
• Artikelnr.: 21008722

Autorenporträt

Kathleen Alaimo is Associate Professor of History, Saint Xavier University, Chicago, Illinois. Brian Klug is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Saint Xavier University, Chicago, Illinois.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 Introduction
Chapter 4 Historical Roots of Children's Rights in Europe and the United
States
Chapter 5 Wendy and Peter Pan: Exploring the Concept of the Child
Chapter 6 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Developing
International Norms to Create a New World for Children
Chapter 7 Psychology and the Rights of the Child
Chapter 8 Rights of the Child: A Philosophical Approach
Chapter 9 The Promise of Rights for Children: Best Interests and Evolving
Capacities
Chapter 10 Creating the Child, Constructing the State: People v. Turner,
1870
Chapter 11 A Child-Centered Jurisprudence: Reconciling the Rights of
Children and Parents Within the Family
Chapter 12 The Right to Be Heard: The Child as a Legal Person
Chapter 13 Child Advocacy in the United States and the Power of
International Human Rights Law
Chapter 14 Children's Rights in the Curriculum
Chapter 15 Children's Studies and the Human Rights of Children: Toward a
Unified Approach
Chapter 16 Appendix: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
(1989)
Chapter 17 Suggestions for Further Reading
Chapter 18 Index
Chapter 19 About the Contributors