Children''s Rights - Today''s Global Challenge

Informationen zum Autor John Wall is professor of religion, philosophy, and childhood studies at Rutgers University. He helped to start the first North American doctoral studies program in childhood studies, chaired the Childhood Studies and Religion Group at the American Academy of Religion, and serves on the boards of the Journal of Childhood and Religion and International Journal of Children's Rights. He is author or co-editor of several books, including Ethics in Light of Childhood and Children and Armed Conflict. Klappentext This accessible book provides the first overview of the global movement of children's rights. It introduces readers to child rights in their theoretical, historical, cultural, political, and practical complexity. In the process, it examines key controversies about cultural relativism, globalization, power, gender, class, family relations, and more.This accessible book provides the first overview of the global movement of children's rights. It introduces readers to child rights in their theoretical, historical, cultural, political, and practical complexity. In the process, it examines key controversies about cultural relativism, globalization, power, gender, class, family relations, and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Why Children's Rights2. Theoretical Controversies3. Historical Ambiguities4. Education in an Age of Globalization5. The New Child Slavery6. The Right to Vote7. Today's Global Challenge

Product details

• Authors: John Wall, Wall John
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.10.2016
• EAN: 9781442249837
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-4983-7
• No. of pages: 198
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Partnership, sexuality; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, LAW / Family Law / Children, Age groups: children, Human rights, civil rights, Family law: children