Children's Rights: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Participation and Protection

Children's Rights: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Participation and Protection

by Tom O'Neill, Dawn Zinga
ISBN-10:
0802095402
ISBN-13:
9780802095404
Pub. Date:
08/02/2008
Publisher:
University of Toronto Press
ISBN-10:
0802095402
ISBN-13:
9780802095404
Pub. Date:
08/02/2008
Publisher:
University of Toronto Press
Children's Rights: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Participation and Protection

Children's Rights: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Participation and Protection

by Tom O'Neill, Dawn Zinga
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Overview

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child was incorporated into international law in 1989. Since its adoption, it has been ratified by nearly all member nations. An outline of the basic rights of all persons under the age of 18, the Convention has various implications and its importance cannot be contested. This collection focuses on children's rights as defined by the U.N. Convention, and their relevance in both national and international contexts.

The contributors discuss the Convention from different disciplinary perspectives, but are united in the belief that it is a tool to be utilized and contextualized by individuals, institutions, and communities. If there is a single conviction to be found throughout Children's Rights it is that the rights of the child are far too important to be left to states alone to provide and protect. To paint a detailed picture of the subject as a whole, the volume looks at situations in which the basic rights of children are often denied such as violent social conflict, parental abandonment, and social inequality. Consisting of thirteen essays by prominent scholars, it is an in-depth and interdisciplinary exploration of the significance of children's rights, and a tremendous resource for those working with children and youth in institutional and educational settings.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780802095404
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Publication date: 08/02/2008
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 384
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Tom O’Neill is an associate professor in the Department of Child and Youth Studies at Brock University.
Dawn Zinga is an associate professor in the Department of Child and Youth Studies at Brock University.

Table of Contents


Foreword   Senator Landon Pearson   Judy Finlay     vii
Acknowledgments     xi
Introduction   Tom O'Neill   Dawn Zinga     3
A World of Children's Rights
The Dilemma of Child and Youth Participation in Nepal's People's War   Tom O'Neill     21
Protecting the Rights of International 'Orphans': Evaluating the Alternatives   Lucy Le Mare   Karyn Audet   Karen Kurytnik     39
Becoming-Child: Ontology, Immanence, and the Production of Child and Youth Rights   Hans Skott-Myhre   Donato Tarulli     69
Children's Right to Education: Contextualizing Its Expression in Developed and Developing Countries   Dawn Zinga   Sherri Young     85
Protecting Children's Rights
Entitlement beyond the Family: Global Rights Commitments and Children's Health Policy in Canada   Candace Johnson     115
There's No Place Like Home: The Child's Right to Family   Marjorie Aunos   Maurice Feldman     137
Human Rights for Children and Youth with Developmental Disabilities   Frances Owen   Christine Tardif-Williams   Donato Tarulli   Glenys Mcqueen-Fuentes   Maurice Feldman   Carol Sales   Karen Stoner   Leanne Gosse   Dorothy Griffiths     163
Protecting the Rights of Alleged Victims of Child Abuse in Adult-Based Judicial Systems   Kim P. Roberts   Angela Evans     195
Weighing Protection and Participation Rights in Schools
Child Rights in Cyber-Space: Protection, Participation, and Privacy   Shaheen Shariff   Leanne Johnny     219
Too Little, Too Late: The Right to Comprehensive Sexual Health Education in Childhood and Adolescence   Johanna van Vliet   Rebecca Raby     245
Special Education Rights: Services for Children with Special Needs in Ontario Schools   Sheila Bennett   Don Dworet   Manta Zahos     271
Bullying Prevention and the Rights of Children: Psychological and Democratic Aspects   Monique Lacharite   Zopito A. Marini     297
Rights and Responsibility: Secondary School Conduct Codes and the Production of Passive Citizenship   Rebecca Raby     326
Contributors     347
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