ISBN:
9781137292070
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 online resource (269 pages)
Serie:
Studies in Childhood and Youth Ser.
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.2309
Schlagwort(e):
Education_xPhilosophy
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Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
This book explores the relationship between children and citizenship, analyzing international perspectives on citizenship and human rights and developing new methods for facilitating the recognition of children as participating agents within society.
Kurzfassung:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Cities -- Why children should be considered citizens -- Changes over time -- Beyond liberal citizenship -- Structure of the book -- Part I -- 1 Children and Citizenship in the Classical Period -- Greece -- Plato -- Aristotle -- Roman citizenship and children -- Late antiquity and Christianity -- Middle Ages -- Conclusion -- 2 Renaissance: Prelude to Modern Political Theory -- Thomas Hobbes -- John Locke -- The Enlightenment -- Immanuel Kant -- Adam Smith -- Jean Jacques Rousseau -- Women's challenge to citizenship -- Patriarchy -- John Stuart Mill -- Conclusion -- 3 The Search for Equality, and the 'Protection' and Education of Children -- Urbanisation, Marxism and children -- Employment of children -- Education -- Family, marriage, property, law and the development of 'child protection' -- Conclusion -- 4 Social Citizens -- Social citizenship -- 'Discovering' children -- Golden age of welfare -- Education -- Girls -- Crisis and the assertion of children's rights -- Conclusion -- Part II -- 5 Children's Rights and Their Limitations -- Human rights -- Limitation to children's rights -- The family -- The state -- Conclusion -- 6 International Citizenship -- International citizenship -- United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child -- European citizens -- Conclusion -- Part III -- 7 Inclusive and Differentiated Citizenship -- Arguments for group rights: Children's differences -- Care and intimacies -- Conclusion -- 8 Participatory Citizenship of Children -- Participation and democracy -- Civil society -- Citizenship education -- Spaces for participation and democratic renewal -- Education for democracy -- Recognition, expression and dialogue -- Conclusion -- The development of children's citizenship -- Dependency, interdependency and citizenship.
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