The New Handbook of Children's Rights: Comparative Policy and Practice

by Bob Franklin (Author), Bob Franklin (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $4.66

  The new edition of this well established handbook provides up-to-date information on a topic of increasing importance across a range of disciplines and practices. It covers:
  * the debate concerning children's rights and developments in rights provision over the last twenty years
  * the impact of recent British legislation on children's rights in key areas such as education, social and welfare services and criminal justice
  * the key provisions of the UN Convention and Human Rights Act
  * recent policy proposals and initiatives in the British setting intended to establish and promote rights for children and young people
  * the rights claims of particular groups of children, for example children who are carers or children who are disabled
  * children's claims for particular rights such as the right to space, to sex education and citizenship
  * the ways in which the voices of children and young people are or might be articulated more clearly in policy debates and other arenas
  * issues and developments in Europe, Scandinavia and China.
  The New Handbook of Children's Rights offers a comprehensive and radical appraisal of the field which will be invaluable to students and professionals alike.

• New

  Paperback
  2001

  $53.09

  The new edition of this well established handbook provides up-to-date information on a topic of increasing importance across a range of disciplines and practices. It covers:
  * the debate concerning children's rights and developments in rights provision over the last twenty years
  * the impact of recent British legislation on children's rights in key areas such as education, social and welfare services and criminal justice
  * the key provisions of the UN Convention and Human Rights Act
  * recent policy proposals and initiatives in the British setting intended to establish and promote rights for children and young people
  * the rights claims of particular groups of children, for example children who are carers or children who are disabled
  * children's claims for particular rights such as the right to space, to sex education and citizenship
  * the ways in which the voices of children and young people are or might be articulated more clearly in policy debates and other arenas
  * issues and developments in Europe, Scandinavia and China.
  The New Handbook of Children's Rights offers a comprehensive and radical appraisal of the field which will be invaluable to students and professionals alike.