A Child's Right to a HealthyEnvironment; Copyright; Preface; About the Editors; Contents; Contributors; Part I: Perspectives on HealthyEnvironments for Children; Chapter 1: "To Such as These, the Kingdom of Heaven Belongs"1: Religious Faith as a Foundation for Children's Rights2; Chapter 2: Preventing Childhood Malaria: Strategies That Work Today and Directions for the Future; Chapter 3: A Case Study of a Partnership in Chicago to Prevent Childhood Lead Poisoning; Part II: Why Is Protecting the Human Rightsof Children so Difficult?
Summary
It's a startling reality that more American children are victims - and perpetrators - of violence than those of any other developed country. Yet unlike the other nations, the United States has yet to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Compelling, readable, and interdisciplinary, "A Child's Right to a Healthy Environment" provides an abundance of skilled observation, important findings, and keen insights to place children's well-being in the vanguard of human rights concerns, both in the United States and globally. Within this volume, authors examine the
