The New Handbook of Children's Rights : Comparative Policy and Practice

The expanded and completely revised new edition of this well established handbook provides essential information on a topic of increasing importance across a range of disciplines and practices.

The new edition of this well established handbook provides up-to-date information on a topic of increasing importance across a range of disciplines and practices. It covers:
* the debate concerning children''s rights and developments in rights provision over the last twenty years
* the impact of recent British legislation on children''s rights in key areas such as education, social and welfare services and criminal justice
* the key provisions of the UN Convention and Human Rights Act
* recent policy proposals and initiatives in the British setting intended to establish and promote rights for children and young people
* the rights claims of particular groups of children, for example children who are carers or children who are disabled
* children''s claims for particular rights such as the right to space, to sex education and citizenship
* the ways in which the voices of children and young people are or might be articulated more clearly in policy debates and other arenas
* issues and developments in Europe, Scandinavia and China.
The New Handbook of Children''s Rights offers a comprehensive and radical appraisal of the field which will be invaluable to students and professionals alike.