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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974020503321

Autore

Butler Clark

Titolo

Child Rights : The Movement, International Law, and Opposition

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ashland, : Purdue University Press, 2014

ISBN

1-61249-205-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Collana

Purdue University Human Rights Studies

Disciplina

342.08772

Soggetti

Children (International law)

Children's rights

Social Welfare & Social Work

Social Sciences

Child & Youth Development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Dedication""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction Multidisciplinary Responses to the International Rights of the Child / Clark Butler""; ""Part 1: The Movement and the UN Convention""; ""1. Children�s Rights: An Historical And Conceptual Analysis / Clark Butler""; ""2. The Case for the Convention on the Rights of the Child From the Perspective of Child Psychology / Katherine Covell""; ""3. Developmental Considerations in Teaching Children�s Rights / Katherine Covell and R. Brian Howe""

""4. Introducing Critical Thinking and Dialogue in Preschool / Marie-France Daniel""""Part 2: The Opposition""; ""5. Nannies with Blue Berets: The UN Convention and the Invasion of National and Family Sovereignty / Michael P. Farris""; ""6. Educational Freedom and Human Rights: Exploring the Tensions Between the Interests and Rights of Parents, Children, and the State / Perry L. Glanzer""; ""7. Implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Canada: A Question of Commitment / R. Brian Howe""

""8. Implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the UK: A Problem of Political Will / Claire Cassidy""""Part 3: Children�s Rights in the Developing World""; ""9. Motivating Political Responsibility for Children in Poor Countries / Stephen L. Esquith""; ""10. “The Right



Child�: Challenges and Opportunities of Child Rights Legislation in Theory and Practice / Krisjon Olson""; ""11. Pragmatism, Capabilities, and Children�s Rights in Development Ethics / Jennifer Caseldine-Bracht""; ""Annotated Bibliography""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Over twenty years after the 1989 UN General Assembly vote to open the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) for signature and ratification by UN member states, the United States remains one of only two UN members not to have ratified it.The other is Somalia.