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Children's rights : today's global challenge / John Wall.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham ; Boulder New York London Rowman & Littlefield [2017]Publisher: Lanham ; Boulder New York London Rowman & Littlefield [2017]Publisher: Lanham ; Boulder New York London Rowman & Littlefield [2017]Publisher: Lanham ; Boulder New York London Rowman & Littlefield [2017]Copyright date: ♭2017Description: v, 191 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781442249776 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9781442249837 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1442249838
  • 9781442249776
  • 1442249773
  • 9781442249837
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Children's rightsDDC classification:
  • 323.352 WAL 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ789 .W35 2017
Contents:
Why children's rights -- Theoretical controversies -- Historical ambiguities -- Education in an age of globalization -- The new child slavery -- The right to vote -- Today's global challenge -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: "This accessible and authoritative book provides the first systematic overview of the global children{u2019}s rights movement. It introduces both beginners and experts to child and youth rights in all their theoretical, historical, cultural, political, and practical complexity. In the process, the book examines key controversies about globalization, cultural relativism, social justice, power, economics, politics, freedom, ageism, and more. Combining vivid examples with cutting-edge scholarship, Children{u2019}s Rights: Today{u2019}s Global Challenge lifts up the rights of the youngest third of humanity as the major human rights challenge of the twenty-first century."--Publisher's website.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 323.352 WAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 222735

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why children's rights -- Theoretical controversies -- Historical ambiguities -- Education in an age of globalization -- The new child slavery -- The right to vote -- Today's global challenge -- Notes -- Index.

"This accessible and authoritative book provides the first systematic overview of the global children{u2019}s rights movement. It introduces both beginners and experts to child and youth rights in all their theoretical, historical, cultural, political, and practical complexity. In the process, the book examines key controversies about globalization, cultural relativism, social justice, power, economics, politics, freedom, ageism, and more. Combining vivid examples with cutting-edge scholarship, Children{u2019}s Rights: Today{u2019}s Global Challenge lifts up the rights of the youngest third of humanity as the major human rights challenge of the twenty-first century."--Publisher's website.

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