Young Children's Rights (eBook)

Exploring Beliefs, Principles and Practice Second Edition

Priscilla Alderson (Autor)

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2008 | 2. Auflage
240 Seiten
Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-84642-774-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Published in association with Save the ChildrenPriscilla Alderson examines the often overlooked issue of the rights of young children, starting with the question of how the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child applies to the youngest children, from birth to eight years of age. The question of finding a balance between young children's rights to protection, to provision (resources and services) and to participation (expressing their views, being responsible) is discussed. The author suggests that, in the belief we are looking after their best interests, we have become overprotective of children and deny them the freedom to be expressive, creative and active, and that improving the way adults and children communicate is the best way of redressing that balance.This second edition has been updated and expanded to include the relevance of UNCRC rights of premature babies, international examples such as the Chinese one-child policy, children's influence on regional policies, and the influence on young children's lives of policies such as Every Child Matters and those of the World Bank, IMF, OECD and UNICEF.This readable, informative and thought-provoking book is a compelling invitation to rethink our attitudes to young children's rights in the light of new theories, research and practical evidence about children's daily lives. It will be of interest to anyone who works with young children.

Autor

Priscilla Alderson, PhD, FRSA is Professor of Childhood Studies at the Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London. She has written numerous books and articles on young children's rights, and is the author of the first edition of this book, Young Children's Rights: Exploring Beliefs, Principles and Practice. Save the Children is the leading international voluntary organisation for children.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements. Foreword, by Mary John. Introduction. 1. Children's Provision Rights. 2. Children's Protection Rights. 3. Children's Participation Rights. 4. Young Children as People. 5. Beliefs and Feelings About Consulting Young Children. 6. Methods and Levels of Involving Young Children. 7. Consulting Young Children and Taking Risks. 8. Working Together: Sharing Decisions and Responsibility. 9. The Key Messages from the Evidence and Experience. References. Subject Index. Author Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.3.2008
• Reihe/Serie: Children in Charge
• Reihe/Serie: Children in Charge
• Reihe/Serie: Children in Charge
• Vorwort: Rob Gayton, Mary John
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Vorschulpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: child legislation • Child protection • Early Years • every child matters • Human Rights • Save the Children • UN Convention on the Rights of the Child • UNCRC
• ISBN-10: 1-84642-774-6 / 1846427746
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84642-774-9 / 9781846427749