What Is Right for Children?
By Martha Albertson Fineman, Karen Worthington
· Publisher:
Ashgate
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Number Of Pages: 462
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Publication Date: 2009-08-28
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ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0754674193
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ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780754674191
Product Description:
This book examines the state of 'rights-talk' about
children in the U.S. and compares it with developments in other countries
where, it is argued, the idea that children should have rights is more widely
accepted and more vigorously implemented. The collection rigorously explores
the presence, participation, and treatment of children in many contexts of U.S.
society. Using international human rights norms as a touchstone, it examines
the balancing of relationships within the family; balancing relationships of
family within society; and evolving norms of authority, discipline, and
protection. Some of the chapters set forth the theoretical and practical
debates about granting positive rights to children. Those rights will not only
be shields against state misuses of power, but also constitute entitlements to
basic social goods for children as a special and vulnerable class of citizens
uniquely situated within the modern state. Other chapters argue that children
are entitled to state protection against parental excesses and abuse of
authority, as well as protection against unnecessary state intervention. In
addition, by addressing religious images of the parent child relationships, the
book highlights how fundamentalist religious beliefs invoking natural lines of
authority within the family are in competition with a human rights paradigm,
which views the child as separate to the extent that he/she may command
specific child-centered policy. In its use of feminist legal theory this book
provides a fresh and cogent look at these issues.
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