Mhairi Cowden

Children's Rights

From Philosophy to Public Policy

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Produktbeschreibung

Despite the existence of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child there still exists a debate on whether children can really hold rights. This book presents a clear theory of children's rights by examining controversial case studies. The author presents a pathway to translating rights into practical social and political instruments for change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-49227-2
• 1st ed. 2016
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781137492272
• ISBN-10: 1137492279
• Artikelnr.: 43331903

Autorenporträt

Mhairi Cowden is a Policy Officer within the Department of the Premier and Cabinet for the Government of Western Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of contents
List of illustrations
Preface
PART I
1. Introduction
2. What is Special about Children?
3. Why Children do not hold Rights
4. Capacity and Competence
5. Why Children have Rights
PART II
6. A Right to Develop
7. A Right to Know
8. A Right to Medical Decision Making
9. A Right to be Loved
10. A Future for Children ' 's Rights
References
Index