The right to childhoods : critical perspectives on rights, difference and knowledge in a transient world /

Hartas, Dimitra, 1966-

The right to childhoods : critical perspectives on rights, difference and knowledge in a transient world / Dimitra Hartas. - First edition. - 1 online resource (228 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Constructions and positionality of childhood. multiplicity, difference and enterprise -- The multiplicity and positionality of childhood -- Childhoods of difference and diversity -- Children as a resource : the rise of the entrepreneurial child -- Ecologies of childhood in the 21st century -- Transient childhoods : the politics of change and uncertainty -- Children's physical, social/ critical and virtual spaces -- Children's happiness and wellbeing -- The right to childhoods -- Current frameworks of children's rights -- Young people's voice and participation -- The right to childhoods -- Knowledge for rights and democracy -- Knowledge and morality in an era of radical doubt -- Civic and corporate education -- Communities of practice and learning.

9781441110008 (e-book)


Children--Social conditions.
Youth--Social conditions.
Children's rights.


Electronic books.

HQ767.9 / .H39 2011

305.23