Rethinking Children's Rights - Attitudes in Contemporary Society

Rethinking Children''s Rights explores attitudes towards and experiences of children''s rights. Phil Jones and Sue Welch draw on a wide range of thought, research and practice from different fields and countries to debate, challenge and re-appraise long held beliefs, attitudes and ways of working and living with children. This second edition contains updated references to legislation and research underpinning children-s rights, reflecting on recent scholarship and on the current world context. New research and examples are discussed around:- online protection and privacy- evaluating UK progress and the children-s rights review by the United Nations- recent insights on the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) - new debates about the construction and development of children-s rights- new debates about the relationships between social exclusion and children-s rightsRecent developments in the definition of rights are considered from a va