Children's Rights: Today's Global Challenge

This accessible book provides the first overview of the global movement of children's rights. It introduces readers to child rights in their theoretical, historical, cultural, political, and practical complexity. In the process, it examines key controversies about cultural relativism, globalization, power, gender, class, family relations, and more.This accessible book provides the first overview of the global movement of children's rights. It introduces readers to child rights in their theoretical, historical, cultural, political, and practical complexity. In the process, it examines key controversies about cultural relativism, globalization, power, gender, class, family relations, and more.

1. Why Children's Rights 2. Theoretical Controversies 3. Historical Ambiguities 4. Education in an Age of Globalization 5. The New Child Slavery 6. The Right to Vote 7. Today's Global Challenge