ABSTRACT

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 a

chapter |12 pages

Children’s rights

An introduction

part |2 pages

PART I Children’s rights: an overview

chapter 1|28 pages

Children’s rights and media wrongs

Changing representations of children and the developing rights agenda

part |2 pages

PART II Children’s rights: the changing legal framework

chapter 3|21 pages

The Children Act 1989 and children’s rights

A critical reassessment

chapter 6|18 pages

The Human Rights Act 1998: human rights for children too JA N E F O RT I N

Human rights for children too

part |2 pages

PART III Children’s rights: cases for action

chapter 11|12 pages

Rights and disabled children

chapter 12|15 pages

Children who care

Rights and wrongs in debate and policy on young carers

part |2 pages

PART IV Children’s rights: listening to children and young people’s voices

chapter 14|15 pages

Minor rights and major concerns

The views of young people in care

chapter 15|14 pages

Children’s Express

A voice for young people in an adult world

chapter 18|13 pages

Citizenship education: who pays the piper? C A RO L E SCOTT

Who pays the piper?

chapter 19|16 pages

Making it happen – young children’s rights in action

The work of Save the Children’s Centre for Young Children’s Rights

part |2 pages

PART V Children’s rights: comparative perspectives