Children's Rights in International Politics
The Transformative Power of Discourse
Published on 1. January 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
XV, 301 pages
978-1-349-31750-9 (ISBN)
Description
Provides insights into a lively field of international human rights politics - the protection of children and their rights - by looking at the negotiations leading to the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2010
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XV, 301 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
405 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-31750-9 (9781349317509)
DOI
10.1057/9780230281646
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Book
07/2010
Palgrave Macmillan
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Person
ANNA HOLZSCHEITER is a Lecturer at the Center for Transnational Relations, Foreign and Security Policy Studies at Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany. She has been involved in several consultancies with UNICEF and has written a Commentary on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Article 20 - Children Without Parental Care together with Nigel Cantwell.
Content
Introduction Power and Exclusion in Discourse Approaches to International Relations Discursive Transformation and the Role of Institutions Global Childhood - An Essentially Uncontested Concept? Origins of the Drafting of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Discursive Practices Within the UN and the Transformation of a Global Childhood Paradigm Exclusionary Facets of the Social Ebvironment and their Effects on the New Image of Childhood Conclusion - Future Prospects for an Analysis of Norm Change through Discourse