Children and SocietyLongman, 1997 - 358 pages Provides a comprehensive overview of the issues, research and debates relating to children and the experience of childhood in late twentieth century Britain. This volume will address key issues such as juvenile crime, poverty, child protection and children's rights and their implications for the development of policy and services for children. Presents first hand accounts from children and parents. |
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Page 255
... discourses of needs and rights , and rights discourse is emphasis . For example , rights are in danger of being consumed by discourses of need or risk : ... consultations with the child , expressing their wishes , either directly or ...
... discourses of needs and rights , and rights discourse is emphasis . For example , rights are in danger of being consumed by discourses of need or risk : ... consultations with the child , expressing their wishes , either directly or ...
Page 257
... discourse , however , only exist as a legal discourse ? Rights have become closely tied to law , as the primary means to resolve conflicts and to enforce them . Yet the roots of rights ' discourse can be found in philosophy , and thus ...
... discourse , however , only exist as a legal discourse ? Rights have become closely tied to law , as the primary means to resolve conflicts and to enforce them . Yet the roots of rights ' discourse can be found in philosophy , and thus ...
Page 260
... discourse might be found that does not have these disadvantages . But the rights discourse still has a fundamental advantage , which discourses of ' obliga- tion ' , of ' communities ' or of ' needs ' do not usually have : it encourages ...
... discourse might be found that does not have these disadvantages . But the rights discourse still has a fundamental advantage , which discourses of ' obliga- tion ' , of ' communities ' or of ' needs ' do not usually have : it encourages ...
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