Children's Rights from Below: Cross-Cultural Perspectives (Studies in Childhood and Youth)

This book presents an integral, cross-cultural reflection on the social reality of children's rights and citizenship, giving an insight into new perspectives on the history and different concepts of children's rights in a contextualized and localized manner. Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction....Pages 1-5 Front Matter....Pages 7-7 Framing the Issue: Rethinking Children’s Rights....Pages 9-28 Hidden Aspects of Children’s Rights History....Pages 29-42 Children’s Rights Contextualized....Pages 43-59 Front Matter....Pages 61-61 Schools of Thought in Children’s Rights....Pages 63-79 Localizing the Human Rights of Children....Pages 80-93 Discriminated against Being Children: A Blind spot in the Human Rights Arena....Pages 94-107 Children’s Rights and the Responsibilities of States: Thoughts on Understanding Children’s Rights as Subjective Rights....Pages 108-122 Front Matter....Pages 123-123 Grassroots Children’s Rights....Pages 125-142 Children’s Rights as ‘Work in Progress’: The Conceptual and Practical Contributions of Working Children’s Movements....Pages 143-161 Cultural Variations in Constructions of Children’s Participation....Pages 162-182 Children’s Citizenship — Observed and Experienced....Pages 183-195 Front Matter....Pages 197-197 The Role of Children in Shaping New Contexts of Children’s Rights....Pages 199-225 The Role of Adults in Supporting Children’s Rights from Below....Pages 226-240 Back Matter....Pages 241-272 This book presents an integral, cross-cultural reflection on the social reality of children's rights and citizenship, giving an insight into new perspectives on the history and different concepts of children's rights in a contextualized and localized manner. This book presents an integral, cross-cultural reflection on the social reality of children's rights and citizenship and contributes to establishing for the first time a social theory of children's rights. Based on internationally discussed theories and worldwide social research on the conceptualization and implementation of children's rights, this book gives an insight into new perspectives on the history and different concepts of children's rights in a contextualized and localized manner. Furthermore, it explains how children's rights can be understood as relevant and attractive by children themselves living in different social and cultural contexts