Rethinking Children's Citizenship [electronic resource] /
Cockburn, T.author.
This book explores the relationship between children and citizenship, analyzing international perspectives on citizenship and human rights and developing new methods for facilitating the recognition of children as participating agents within society.
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Cover; Contents; Introduction; Cities; Why children should be considered citizens; Changes over time; Beyond liberal citizenship; Structure of the book; Part I; 1 Children and Citizenship in the Classical Period; Greece; Plato; Aristotle; Roman citizenship and children; Late antiquity and Christianity; Middle Ages; Conclusion; 2 Renaissance: Prelude to Modern Political Theory; Thomas Hobbes; John Locke; The Enlightenment; Immanuel Kant; Adam Smith; Jean Jacques Rousseau; Women's challenge to citizenship; Patriarchy; John Stuart Mill; Conclusion
3 The Search for Equality, and the 'Protection' and Education of ChildrenUrbanisation, Marxism and children; Employment of children; Education; Family, marriage, property, law and the development of 'child protection'; Conclusion; 4 Social Citizens; Social citizenship; 'Discovering' children; Golden age of welfare; Education; Girls; Crisis and the assertion of children's rights; Conclusion; Part II; 5 Children's Rights and Their Limitations; Human rights; Limitation to children's rights; The family; The state; Conclusion; 6 International Citizenship; International citizenship
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the ChildEuropean citizens; Conclusion; Part III; 7 Inclusive and Differentiated Citizenship; Arguments for group rights: Children's differences; Care and intimacies; Conclusion; 8 Participatory Citizenship of Children; Participation and democracy; Civil society; Citizenship education; Spaces for participation and democratic renewal; Education for democracy; Recognition, expression and dialogue; Conclusion; Conclusion; The development of children's citizenship; Dependency, interdependency and citizenship; Care, generation and civil society; Notes
ReferencesIndex
Includes index and bibliographical references.
This book explores the relationship between children and citizenship, analyzing international perspectives on citizenship and human rights and developing new methods for facilitating the recognition of children as participating agents within society.
Social policy.
Educational sociology.
Educational sociology .
Education and sociology.
Social groups.
Family.
Childhood.
Adolescence.
Education—Philosophy.
Children, Youth and Family Policy.
Sociology of Education.
Sociology of Education.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Childhood, Adolescence and Society.
Educational Philosophy.