Rethinking children's rights : attitudes in contemporary society /
Phil Jones and Susan Welch.
- London : Continuum, c2010.
- x, 193 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- New childhoods .
- New childhoods. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1 - Debates, Dilemmas and Challenges: The Background to Children\'s Rights; 1. Introduction to Rethinking Children\'s Rights; 2. Children\'s Rights: Definitions and Developments; Part 2 - Debates, Dilemmas and Challenges: An Interdisciplinary; Review of Recent Research and Scholarship; 3. Children\'s Rights: Current Tensions, Debates and Research; Part 3 - Implications for Children\'s Lives; 4. Rights and the \'Child\'s Voice\'; 5. Rights and Decision Making; 6. A Rights Perspective on Family Life; 7. Working with Children.
'Rethinking Children's Rights' explores attitudes towards and experiences of children's rights. The authors draw on a wide range of thought, research and practice from different fields and countries to debate, challenge and re-appraise long held beliefs, attitudes and ways of working and living with children.