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Child Protection in an Interconnected World - Integrating Ideals & Cooperating with a Common Purpose (Hardcover)
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Child Protection in an Interconnected World - Integrating Ideals & Cooperating with a Common Purpose (Hardcover)
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This is a realistic dissection of the current status of children's
rights at multiple levels of government and private society. Each
chapter focuses on one aspect of children's rights (i.e. poverty,
statelessness, sexual abuse, nutrition, education, armed conflict,
etc.). A dynamic mix of commonsensical reasoning, formal legal
inquiry, and practical yet professional language enables readers
from stratified segments of the population to engage seamlessly
with the material. Rejecting the ivory tower view that real world
progress can be sustained through continuance of the same
regulatory and political measures that broke ground in the latter
20th century, the author delves deeper into more pragmatic elements
of children's rights why they are not universal and what prevents
their achievement. Detailed scrutiny of data, law, and contemporary
social attitudes move the text from one paradoxical situation to
the next perpetual limitation in the quest for eradication of abuse
and deprivation of fundamental human rights. However, hope is not
lost in the midst of these empirical findings. Instead, thorough
contemplation of the failures and shortcomings of child protective
systems resurrects a spirit of compassion, and a more personal
challenge emerges for readers, who are urged to undertake
small-scale actions. We live in a time of unparalleled
communications, where virtually anybody with a mobile phone can
access information about people around the globe from any place.
The critical mass in the movement for human rights which start in
childhood years has long been established. The word has spread
across the land through varied forms of media. Children's rights
today are not threatened by ignorance inasmuch as they are by
disinterest, disengagement, and outright opposition to those rights
in practice. In order to breathe new life into the discussion,
fresh and resourceful ways of thinking about the subject are
needed. For rights to grow and evolve through the 21st century,
stakeholders cannot afford to alienate potential allies with the
same bullish rhetoric that led to the disillusionment of millions
of supporters. Today's participants are tech-savvy, independent,
and not overly optimistic about accomplishing goals in the shortest
of terms. Child Protection in an Interconnected World is written
for those who understand that failure has occurred time and again,
and that only through acceptance of the factual essence of our
condition may we find a suitable path toward continued growth and
achievement as individuals and collectives. The book advocates the
idea that changes and improvements can and will happen, but they
will be incremental, transgenerational, and built upon mutual
cooperation from the bottom up.
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