Routledge International Handbook of Childrens Rights Studies... - 9781138023703

Taylor & Francis

Routledge International Handbook of Childrens Rights StudiesAuthor(s): Wouter Vandenhole, Ellen Desmet, Didier Reynaert, Sara Lembrechts\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138023703, 978-1138023703\nSynopsis\nSince the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child [tel] childrens rights have assumed a central position in a wide variety of disciplines and policies. \n\nThis handbook offers an engaging overview of the contemporary research landscape for those people in the theory and practice of childrens rights. The volume offers a multidisciplinary approach to childrens rights, as well as key thematic issues in childrens rights at the intersection of global and local concerns. The main approaches and topics within the volume are:\n\n Law, social work, and the sociology of childhood and anthropology\n\n Geography, childhood studies, gender studies and citizenship studies\n\n Participation, education and h.