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Author Cockburn, Tom.

Title Rethinking children's citizenship / Tom Cockburn
Published Houndmills, Basingstoke ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 262 pages)
Series Studies in childhood and youth
Studies in childhood and youth.
Contents Introduction -- PART I -- Children and Citizenship in the Classical Period -- Renaissance: Prelude to Modern Political Theory -- The Search for Equality and the 'Protection' and Education of Children -- Social Citizens -- PART II -- Children's Rights and their Limitations -- International Citizenship? -- Inclusive and Differentiated Citizenship -- PART III -- Participatory Citizenship of Children
Summary Citizenship is a phenomenon that encompasses the relationships between the state and individuals, rights and responsibilities and identity and nationhood. Yet the relationship between citizenship and childhood has gone relatively unexplored. This book examines this relationship by situating it within the historical development of modern forms of citizenship that have formed contemporary Western notions of childhood and citizenship. The book also engages with recent political and social theory to rethink our current view of citizenship and develops an understanding that emphasises social interdependence and calls for a concomitant re-evaluation of our public spaces that facilitates the recognition of children as participating agents within society. The book will be of interest to those working across a wide number of disciplines, including politics, sociology, education, health, social work, childhood studies, youth studies, law and social policy, together with policy-makers, teachers and practitioners in allied areas
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-255) and index
Subject Children's rights -- History
Citizenship -- History
Child welfare -- History
Children -- Social conditions.
Children -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Moral & social purpose of education.
Child welfare.
Age groups: children.
Civil rights & citizenship.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Children's Studies.
Politics and Government.
Child welfare
Children -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Children -- Social conditions
Children's rights
Citizenship
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781137292070
1137292075
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9781283868174