Introduction to New Childhoods Series | p. ix |
Debates, Dilemmas and Challenges: The Background to Children's Rights | |
Introduction to Rethinking Children's Rights | p. 3 |
Introduction and key questions | p. 3 |
Do societies see child rights in different ways? | p. 4 |
What do the different responses to the UNCRC reveal? | p. 6 |
What issues are emerging in relation to rethinking children's rights? | p. 13 |
How can negative responses to the rights agenda be used to help rethink children's rights? | p. 21 |
Summary | p. 27 |
Children's Rights: definitions and developments | p. 29 |
Introduction and key questions | p. 29 |
Is there a common understanding of the term 'right? | p. 30 |
What differences exist in relation to children's rights? | p. 34 |
How can the history of children's rights help us understand current issues? | p. 40 |
How do ideas about adult-child relationships affect thinking about children's rights? | p. 48 |
What does research tell us about the state of children's rights internationally and in the United Kingdom? | p. 51 |
Summary | p. 55 |
Further reading | p. 56 |
Research details | p. 56 |
An Interdisciplinary Review of Recent Research and Scholarship | |
Children's Rights: current tensions, debates and research | p. 61 |
Introduction and key questions | p. 61 |
What are current, emerging tensions and debates in relation to children's rights? | p. 62 |
What are some of the implications of these tensions? | p. 66 |
What is research showing us about tensions and debates concerning children's rights? | p. 73 |
Summary | p. 80 |
Further reading | p. 81 |
Research details | p. 81 |
Implications for Children's Lives | |
Rights and the 'Child's Voice' | p. 85 |
Introduction and key questions | p. 85 |
What is the meaning of 'child's voice? | p. 86 |
How does 'voice' relate to rights? | p. 90 |
What is research revealing about rights-informed practices relating to voice and participation? | p. 95 |
Summary | p. 108 |
Further reading | p. 108 |
Research details | p. 108 |
Rights and Decision Making | p. 110 |
Introduction and key questions | p. 110 |
In what ways does decision making feature in children's lives? | p. 111 |
What is the relationship between children's rights and decision making? | p. 114 |
What tensions are emerging concerning decision making and children? | p. 116 |
What does research reveal about the impact of new thinking and practice in relation to rights and decision making in different spaces within children's lives? | p. 125 |
Summary | p. 132 |
Further reading | p. 132 |
Research details | p. 133 |
A Rights Perspective on Family Life | p. 135 |
Introduction and key questions | p. 135 |
Is there a relationship between children, their families and rights? | p. 136 |
Can the family support children's rights? | p. 137 |
How do economic, social and political factors affect families in relation to rights? | p. 139 |
What is the role of the state in relation to carers, children and their rights? | p. 152 |
How can we understand the relationship between children, families and rights? | p. 157 |
Summary | p. 159 |
Further reading | p. 160 |
Research details | p. 160 |
Working with Children | p. 163 |
Introduction and key questions | p. 163 |
In what kind of contexts does work with children occur? | p. 164 |
What rights issues arise for those working with children? | p. 167 |
What can research tell us about what children want from those who work with them? | p. 172 |
What positive examples are there of working with children? | p. 175 |
Summary | p. 182 |
Further reading | p. 182 |
Research details | p. 182 |
References | p. 184 |
Index | p. 191 |
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