Anne B. Smith

Children's Rights

Towards Social Justice

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A marked change in traditional thinking about children and childhood was promoted by the adoption by the United Nations (in 1989) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In the early 90s sociologists in the United States and the UK developed Childhood Studies to promote a holistic view of children's lives, recognition of their competence and agency, and the impact and value of their everyday experiences. As a result of this impetus, different thinking has emerged about the role and recognition of children, the institutions of childhood, and the way we view and treat children in modern societies. This book focuses on research emerging fr… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-60650-778-0
EAN: 9781606507780
Produktnummer: 35858026
Verlag: Momentum Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Seitenangabe: 199 S.
Plattform: EPUB

Über den Autor

Anne Smith, formerly director of the Children's Issues Centre, is a professor emeritus at the University of Otago and adjunct professor at Southern Cross University, New South Wales. She has been involved in teaching, research, policy development and advocacy about children and childhood since the 1970s. Her focus has been on such issues as family and early childhood education influences, marital transitions, friendships and conflict, children's perspectives, and children's rights.