Ana Vergara del Solar is Associate Professor in the School of Psychology, Universidad de Santiago, Chile. Valeria Llobet is Professor in the School of Humanities, Universidad de San Martin, Argentina. She is also a researcher at National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Argentina. Maria Letícia Nascimento is Associate Professor in the School of Education, University of São Paulo, Brazil.

• 1. South American Childhoods Since the 1990s: Between Neoliberalisation and the Expansion of Rights. An Introduction.- 2. Rights Activism, Judicial Practices, and Interpretative Codes: Children in Family Justice (Argentina, 1990-2015).- 3. The Problems of Child Labour: International Agents Versus Local Contexts.- 4. Early Childhood and Neoliberalisation in Colombia: True Discussions, Government Rationality, and Conducting Behaviour.- 5. The Pedagogical Bond in the Managerial Organization of Chilean Schools.- 6. Life Courses of Out-of-School Adolescents: Neoliberalism, Vulnerabilities, and Violation of the Right to Education in Peru.- 7. Participation Rights in Brazilian Schools: Towards the Politicization of Intergenerational Relationships?.- 8. Children and the Migratory Process in Ecuador Between 1999 and 2009: From Financial Crisis' Trauma to the Promises of the Rule of Law.- 9. Venezuelan Children on the Move in Ecuador: Fragile Lives of Risk and Hope.- 10. Back and Forth: From Women to Childhood.- 11. Concluding Remarks.