Rethinking Children's Rights

Phil Jones is Professor of Children's Rights and Wellbeing at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK. He has published a number of books and articles including Exploring Education and Childhood: From Current Certainties to New Visions (2015) and Rethinking Childhood (2009) and has recently completed research for the Office of the Children's Commissioner for England on Children's Rights in Education.Sue Welch was formerly a Principal Lecturer and Course Leader in Childhood Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK and has lectured at the University of York St John, UK. She is co-editor and contributor to Childhood: Services and Provision for Children (2008).

Welch and Jones have produced a much-needed book that highlights for practitioners the cultural, legal and political challenges - as well as opportunities - for promoting children's rights, by taking an open-eyed look at the necessity of understanding these rights within local context and culture. This book provides a roadmap of investigative questions that researchers and practitioners alike can use in navigating the complex and compelling domain of children's rights.

• Introduction to New Childhoods Series Part I: Debates, Dilemmas and Challenges: The Background to Children’s Rights 1. Introduction to Rethinking Children’s Rights 2. Children’s Rights: Definitions and Developments Part II: An Interdisciplinary Review of Recent Research and Scholarship 3. Children’s Rights: Current Tensions, Debates and Research Part III: Implications for Children’s Lives 4. Rights and the ‘Child’s Voice’ 5. Rights and Decision Making 6. A Rights Perspective on Family Life7. Working with Children References Index