Children's Rights in Ghana
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-4800-6 (ISBN)
Robert Kwame Ame is assistant professor of human rights and criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University. DeBrenna LaFa Agbényiga is an assistant professor in the School of Social Work and assistant dean for equity, diverity, and inclusive academic affairs in the College of Social Science at Michigan State University. Nana Araba Apt is professor of sociology and dean of academic affairs at Ashesi University College in Accra, Ghana.
Foreword
Part I. Childhood and Identity
Chapter 1. Introduction: Confronting the Challenges: Optimizing Child Rights in Ghana
Chapter 2. Defining Childhood: A Historical Development Perspective
Chapter 3. Controversies in Paternity: Who Is a Child's Father under Ghanaian Law?
Chapter 4. Bridging the Child Rights Gap in a Refugee Context: Survival Strategies and Impact on Inter-generational Relations
Part II. Chidren in Dangerous Circumstances: Exploitation and Abuse
Chapter 5. Corporal Punishment in Ghana
Chapter 6. Child Labor in Ghana: Global Concern and Local Reality
Chapter 7. Children's Rights, Mobility, and Transport in Ghana: Access to Education and Health Services
Part III. Policies, Laws, and Programs
Chapter 8. Children's Rights, Controversial Traditional Practices, and the Trokosi System: A Critical Socio-legal Perspective
Chapter 9. Assessing the Progress of the 1998 Children's Act of Ghana:Achievements, Opportunities, and Challenges of the FirstTen Years
Chapter 10. Situating CRC Implementation Processes in the Local Contextsof Correctional Institutions for Children in Conflict with the Law in Ghana
Chapter 11. Ghana's Education System: Where Rhetoric Meets Reform
Chapter 12. Conclusion: The Future of Children's Rights in Ghana
Co-Autor | Albert Abane, Frank Owusu Acheampong |
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Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 162 x 241 mm |
Gewicht | 637 g |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7391-4800-1 / 0739148001 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7391-4800-6 / 9780739148006 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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