Children's Rights: A Reference Handbook

by Beverly Edmonds, William R. Fernekes

Overview

If children's rights are integral aspects of commonly accepted universal human rights of the late twentieth century, then why are the United States and other countries unsuccessful in guaranteeing all children their rights? This book seeks to explain how children's rights originated, what they are, and what steps can be taken to implement them as our world moves into the twenty-first century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780874367645
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/30/1996
Series:	Contemporary World Issues
Pages:	364
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

Beverly C. Edmonds, PhD, is executive director of Peace and Human Rights in Education, chair of Amnesty International USA's Children's Action Network Steering Committee, and a history teacher.

William R. Fernekes, PhD, has published extensively and has served as a consultant for projects supported by Rutgers University, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council.

Editorial Reviews

As part of ABC-CLIO's Contemporary World Issues series, this work is an outstanding addition. Thoroughness, accuracy, and consultation with acknowledged children's rights legal experts, social workers, United Nations personnel, and government document librarians have ensured that this publication is an invaluable authoritative resource in a much-needed subject area. . . . Academic, public, school, and subject-related special librarians should consider this work a mandatory purchase.” —American Reference Books Annual

“Recommended for school, public, and academic libraries.” —Choice

From the Publisher

Outlines the history and current state of child advocacy, including moral and legal rights as they pertain to health, welfare, education, labor, family, sexual exploitation, and violence. Includes a chronology tracing changes in children's rights; biographical sketches; influential cases and documents; and a listing of social movements and organizations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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