Enhancing Children's Rights

Connecting Research, Policy and Practice
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-38609-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 349 Seiten, Format (B × H): 147 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 5612 g

Reihe: Studies in Childhood and Youth

This volume explores how children's rights has influenced research with children and how research can in turn shape policies and practices to enhance children's rights. The book examines the impact children's rights and Childhood Studies has had on how children are constructed and regulated internationally.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Vorschul- und Kindergartenpädagogik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Rights, Research and Policy; Anne Smith PART I: THE BODY 2. Reforms to Healthcare Systems and Policies: Influences from Children's Rights; Priscilla Alderson 3. Changing the Law on Physical Punishment in New Zealand; Anne Smith 4. The Child's Right to Play: Laying the Building Blocks for Optimal Health & Well-Being; Rita Shackel PART II: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION 5. Early Childhood Services in England: Policy, Research and Practice; Gillian Pugh 6: Early Childhood Education in New Zealand: Progress and Challenges in Achieving Children's Rights; Anne Smith 7: Children's Rights and Early Years Provision in India; Vinnarasan Aruldoss and John Davis PART III: CHILD PROTECTION 8. Child Protection: Policies for Vulnerable Children in New Zealand; Anne Smith 9. Children In Care: Global Perspectives On The Challenges Of Securing Their Wellbeing And Rights; Robbie Gilligan 10. Children and Young People Leaving Care; Judy Cashmore and Philip Mendes 11. Family and Care Policies for Children in the Former Soviet Union: What is Changing in Russia and Lithuania?; Ekaterina Yazykova and Liepa Boberine 12. Child Rights and Wellbeing in Latin America: A Role for Conditional Cash Transfers; Jill McLeigh and Francisco Pilotti, PART IV: PARTICIPATION, POLITICS AND THE LAW 13. Taking Account of Children: How far Have We Come in England?; Carolyne Willow 14. Young People as Leaders in (and Sometimes Victims of) Political and Cultural Change; Gary Melton and Weijun Wang 15. Children's Rights and Wellbeing: Tensions within the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014; Kay Tisdall and John Davis 16. 'Vi ere en nasjon vi med?' 'We are a nation, we' Children's rights in Norway: Research, Policies and Practices; Anne Trine Kjørholt 17. Children's Views and Participation in Family Dispute Resolution in New Zealand; Nicola Taylor and Megan Gollop 18. Conclusion: Challenges for Research on Children's Rights; Anne Smith

Über Autor(innen)

Priscilla Alderson, Institute of Education, University of London

Vinnarasan Aruldoss, Sussex University, UK

Liepa V. Boberiene, Psychologist

Judith Cashmore, Psychologist

John M. Davis, University of Edinburgh, UK

Robbie Gilligan, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Megan Gollop, University of Otago, New Zealand

Anne Trine Kjørholt, Norwegian Centre for Child Research (NOSEB) and the Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology Management, NTNU, Norway

Jill McLeigh, University of Colorado School of Medicine, USA

Gary B. Melton, Kempe Center for Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect, USA

Philip Mendes, Monash University, Australia

Francisco Pilotti, Policy Advisor

Gillian Pugh, Coram, UK

Rita Shackel, Sydney Law School, Australia

Nicola Taylor, University of Otago, New Zealand

Kay Tisdall, University of Edinburgh

Weijun Wang, University of Ottawa, Canada

Carolyne Willow, CRAE

Ekaterina Yazykova, Clemson University, USA