1st Edition

Childhood Citizenship, Governance and Policy The politics of becoming adult

By Sana Nakata Copyright 2015
210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

Debates about children’s rights not only concern those things that children have a right to have and to do but also our broader social and political community, and the moral and political status of the child within it. This book examines children’s rights and citizenship in the USA, UK and Australia and analyses the policy, law and sociology that govern the transition from childhood to... Read more

Introduction  1 The Paternalistic Paradigm of Children’s Rights  2 The Liberal Rationality of Children’s Rights  3 The Political Problem of Children’s Rights  4 Criminality  5 Sexuality  6 Citizenship  7 Governmentality  8 The Politics of Becoming Adult

Biography

Sana Nakata is Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Melbourne, Australia.