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List of contents
Chapter One: The Rights and Well-Being of Children in Latin America
Chapter Two: Children’s Rights are Human Rights: The Consolidation of a Global Childhood Regime
Chapter Three: The Youngest Citizens: Children’s Rights in Argentina
Chapter Four: The Youngest Citizens: Children’s Rights in Uruguay
Chapter Five: The Youngest Laborers: Child Labor and Child Poverty in Latin America
Chapter Six: The Youngest Laborers: Child Sexual Exploitation and Child Soldiering in Latin America
Chapter Seven: The Youngest Migrants: Children and Teens Seeking Entry Into the United States
Chapter Eight: Conclusion
About the author
Amy Risley is Professor of International Studies at Rhodes College. A specialist in Latin American and comparative politics, she has conducted extensive research on human rights, civil society, and social movements in Latin American democracies. Publications include Civil Society Organizations, Advocacy, and Policy Making in Latin American Democracies (2015).
Summary
The Youngest Citizens traces the historical evolution of children’s rights in Latin America before turning its focus to the shift in discourse and policy experienced by the continent in the last twenty years. An essential text for those interested in Latin American Studies, with a focus on family, human rights, and migration.
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"In just over a hundred pages,[Amy Risley]manages to summarize key currents in the general evolution of normative approaches to children and their place in South and Central American society, and to contextualize these within detailed accounts of particular topics and localities. An accessible and engaged description of key children’s rights issues and their relevance to Latin America, Risley’s The Youngest Children deserves attention by teachers, journalists and other interested professionals concerned with the circumstances of some of the most vulnerable members of Latin American societies.
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The Youngest Citizens makes crystal clear, the contradictions and challenges remain pressing and urgent, for the still fragile democracies in Latin America and for all their citizens, old and young."
A Review by Jacqueline Bhabha, ReVista, Harvard University, USA
