Routledge International Handbook of Children's Rights Studies

Since the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) children's rights have assumed a central position in a wide variety of disciplines and policies.This handbook offers an engaging overview of the contemporary research landscape for those people in the theory and practice of children's rights. The volume offers a multidisciplinary approach to children's rights, as well as key thematic issues in children's rights at the intersection of global and local concerns. The main approaches and topics within the volume are:* Law, social work, and the sociology of childhood and anthropology* Geography, childhood studies, gender studies and citizenship studies* Participation, education and health* Juvenile justice and alternative care* Violence against children and female genital mutilation* Child labour, working children and child poverty* Migration, indigenous children and resource exploitationThe specially commissioned chapters have been written by renowned scholars and researchers and come together to provide a critical and invaluable guide to the challenges and dilemmas currently facing children's rights.

Product details

• Authors: Wouter (University of Antwerp Vandenhole
• Assisted by: Ellen Desmet (Editor), Desmet Ellen (Editor), Sara Lembrechts (Editor), Lembrechts Sara (Editor), Didier Reynaert (Editor), Reynaert Didier (Editor), Wouter Vandenhole (Editor), Vandenhole Wouter (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.05.2017
• EAN: 9781138084490
• ISBN: 978-1-138-08449-0
• No. of pages: 436
• Dimensions: 174 mm x 245 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Print on Demand
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Medicine, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, Social Work, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Sociology: family & relationships, Social issues & processes, Public Administration, Family Law, Social and ethical issues, Sociology: family and relationships, Human rights, civil rights, Pre-school & kindergarten, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Pre-school and kindergarten, Medicine and Nursing