Routledge International Handbook of Childrens Rights Studies

Since the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) childrens rights have assumed a central position in a wide variety of disciplines and policies. This handbook offers an engaging overview of the contemporary research landscape for those people in the theory and practice of childrens rights. The volume offers a multidisciplinary approach to childrens rights, as well as key thematic issues in childrens rights at the intersection of global and local concerns. The main approaches and topics within the volume are: Law, social work, and the sociology of childhood and anthropology Geography, childhood studies, gender studies and citizenship studies Participation, education and health Juvenile justice and alternative care Violence against children and female genital mutilation Child labour, working children and child poverty Migration, indigenous children and resource exploitation The specially commissioned chapters have been written by renowned scholars and researchers and come together to provide a critical and invaluable guide to the challenges and dilemmas currently facing childrens rights.