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Record Nr.

UNISA996207280503316

Autore

King Michael <1942, >

Titolo

A better world for children? : explorations in morality and authority / / Michael King

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997

ISBN

1-134-74889-2

1-134-74890-6

0-203-44172-9

1-280-31814-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

362.7

Soggetti

Child welfare

Social systems

Autopoiesis

Ethics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references nd indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Good intentions into social action; Child abuse and the regulation of male power; Juridification in the protection of the Scottish child; Doing good for children; mission impossible?; The James Bulger trial: good or bad for guilty or innocent children?; Real and imagined communities and families; Observing children's rights; A different world for children; Bibliography and further reading; Name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This book questions the relationship between personal morality and political will, challenging the assumption that changing society is merely a matter of changing attitudes and highlights the pitfalls associated with formulating social reform