Alison M. S. Watson is Senior Lecturer in the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, UK. Originally trained as an economist, her work now considers the place of children in all aspects of international society, with particular emphasis on issues of agency, rights and representation.

• Introduction.  1. Children and Their Childhoods  2. A Child in Theory  3. The Labouring Child  4. The Consuming Child  5. The Global Child  Conclusion.

Alison M. S. Watson is Senior Lecturer in the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, UK. Originally trained as an economist, her work now considers the place of children in all aspects of international society, with particular emphasis on issues of agency, rights and representation.

• Introduction.  1. Children and Their Childhoods  2. A Child in Theory  3. The Labouring Child  4. The Consuming Child  5. The Global Child  Conclusion.

Alison M. S. Watson is Senior Lecturer in the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, UK. Originally trained as an economist, her work now considers the place of children in all aspects of international society, with particular emphasis on issues of agency, rights and representation.

• Introduction.  1. Children and Their Childhoods  2. A Child in Theory  3. The Labouring Child  4. The Consuming Child  5. The Global Child  Conclusion.