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This book describes the unfolding of a global phenomenon: the legal
prohibition of physical punishment of children. Until thirty years
ago, this near-universal practice was considered appropriate,
necessary and a parental right. But a paradigm shift in conceptions
of childhood has led to a global movement to redefine it as
violence and as a violation of children's rights. Today, many
countries have prohibited it in all settings, including the home.
This remarkable shift reflects profound cultural changes in
thinking about children and their development, parent-child
relationships, and the role of the state in family life. It has
involved actors in many sectors, including academia, government,
non-governmental organizations and children themselves. Documenting
the stories of countries that have either prohibited corporal
punishment of children or who are moving in that direction, this
volume will serve as a sourcebook for scholars and advocates around
the world who are interested in the many dimensions of physical
punishment and its elimination.
This book describes the unfolding of a global phenomenon: the legal
prohibition of physical punishment of children. Until thirty years
ago, this near-universal practice was considered appropriate,
necessary and a parental right. But a paradigm shift in conceptions
of childhood has led to a global movement to redefine it as
violence and as a violation of children's rights. Today, many
countries have prohibited it in all settings, including the home.
This remarkable shift reflects profound cultural changes in
thinking about children and their development, parent-child
relationships, and the role of the state in family life. It has
involved actors in many sectors, including academia, government,
non-governmental organizations and children themselves. Documenting
the stories of countries that have either prohibited corporal
punishment of children or who are moving in that direction, this
volume will serve as a sourcebook for scholars and advocates around
the world who are interested in the many dimensions of physical
punishment and its elimination.
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One Sun (Paperback)
Atupele Machika; Ann B Smith
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R384
Discovery Miles 3 840
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Monkey (Paperback)
Antoni Bazia; Illustrated by Steven Niem; Ann B Smith
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R280
Discovery Miles 2 800
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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A marked change in traditional thinking about children and
childhood was promoted by the adoption by the United Nations (in
1989) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In the early
90s sociologists in the United States and the UK developed
Childhood Studies to promote a holistic view of children's lives,
recognition of their competence and agency, and the impact and
value of their everyday experiences. As a result of this impetus,
different thinking has emerged about the role and recognition of
children, the institutions of childhood, and the way we view and
treat children in modern societies. This book focuses on research
emerging from Children's Rights and Childhood Studies thinking,
which has important implications for developing policies and
practices to improve children's well being and rights. The author
presents the implications of children's rights for six contexts of
children's everyday lives: families; early childhood education;
schooling; child protection services; health services; and
employment.
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