Journal•ISSN: 0927-5568
The International Journal of Children's Rights
Brill
About: The International Journal of Children's Rights is an academic journal published by Brill. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Human rights & Convention on the Rights of the Child. It has an ISSN identifier of 0927-5568. Over the lifetime, 888 publications have been published receiving 12906 citations. The journal is also known as: International Journal of Children's Rights.
Topics: Human rights, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Poison control, International human rights law, Suicide prevention
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a framework for understanding what we mean when we talk about children's participation, by mapping some of the territory denoted by "children's participation" and looking at some ways of conceptualizing the field using a combination of existing models and new concepts from political and social theory.
Abstract: framework for understanding what we mean when we talk about ‘children’s participation’. It does this by mapping some of the territory denoted by ‘children’s participation’, reviewing some of the criticisms that have made of participatory practice, and looking at some ways of conceptualising the field using a combination of existing models and new concepts from political and social theory, in particular from the work of Young and Bourdieu.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that thinking of rights in this weak and imprecise way, and not in their fullest sense as a means to access power, has had profoundly negative consequences for children.
Abstract: Children rights talk is inadequate because it fails to remedy the powerlessness of children. The author of this chapter contends that thinking of rights in this weak and imprecise way, and not in their fullest sense as a means to access power, has had profoundly negative consequences for children. The chapter begins with a brief overview of the role of capacity in rights theory and suggests that notions of competency exclude children from the class of rights holders. Furthermore, the rights talk also disadvantages other groups whose members seek to claim rights, and the chapter outlines some of the ways in which this occurs. Finally, the chapter concludes with a preliminary account of what rights should be and how they may account for the powerlessness of children. Keywords:children's rights; rights holders; rights talk; rights theory
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TL;DR: The Williamson case draws attention to the importance of children's rights as discussed by the authors, and it is worth noting that the Williamson case was the first case to highlight the need to take children rights seriously.
Abstract: It was Ronald Dworkin who, nearly 30 years ago, urged us to 'take rights seriously' (1977). It is a pity that his argument did not specifically extend to children. The language of rights can make visible what has for too long been suppressed. It can lead to different and new stories being heard in public. The Williamson case draws attention to the importance of children's rights. Rights are also an important advocacy tool, a weapon which can be employed in the battle to secure recognition. Rights offer legitimacy to pressure groups, lobbies, campaigns, to both direct and indirect action, in particular to those who are disadvantaged or excluded. The promotion of children's rights may undermine the interests of others. This is common criticism: for example, it is at the forefront of Guggenheim's recent critique (2005). Keywords: Guggenheim; take children's rights seriously; Williamson case
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that Foucault's work on power offers a distinctive and original perspective with the potential to afford insights into the nature of participation in children's participation.
Abstract: In this paper, I argue that Foucault's work on power offers a distinctive and original perspective with the potential to afford insights into the nature of participation. I begin by providing a brief exegesis of Foucault's conceptualisation of power in his middle to late work. The notion of governmentality is drawn out as a potentially useful tool in understanding participation as a profoundly ambiguous phenomenon. I conclude by outlining some of the possible implications of Foucault's thinking about power for studying children's participation.
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