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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807658103321

Autore

Adams Harry William <1962->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2008

ISBN

0-7914-7884-X

1-4356-3209-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Disciplina

155.4/18

Soggetti

Autonomy in children

Social justice

Parent and child

Child development

Child welfare

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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 -- Crippled autonomy development and state intervention -- 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.



Sommario/riassunto

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