Endangered and Transformative Childhood in Caribbean Small Island Developing States

AvAldrie Henry-Lee

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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This book examines childhood in four Caribbean SIDS (Barbados, Jamaica, Haiti and St. Lucia). Through the analysis of primary and secondary data, the author reveals that children in Caribbean SIDS experience an endangered childhood. The intrinsic characteristics of SIDs, including susceptibility to climate change, and high levels of poverty, indebtedness and inequality, Henry-Lee argues, increase the vulnerability of children. Furthermore, duty bearers are not adequately investing in children, private and public spaces are not child-friendly, and children’s rights are violated daily. Endangered and Transformative Childhood in Caribbean Small Island Developing States shows that children are therefore at risk of being left behind in the fulfilment of the UN2030 Agenda and that the Convention of the Rights of the Child (1989) lacks enforceable sanctions. Unless a radical transformation of childhood takes place, the prosperity and viability of Caribbean SIDS will remain elusive for generations to come. Students, scholars and policy-makers with an interest in childhood studies, children’s rights, and social policy will find this book a valuable read.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-12-12
Mått:148 x 210 x 20 mm
Vikt:424 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies in Childhood and Youth
Antal sidor:220
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030255671

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Aldrie Henry-Lee is Professor of Social Policy and University Director at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, University of the West Indies (Mona Campus).

Innehållsförteckning

1. Our Commitments to the World's Children.- 2. Childhood in Small Island Developing States (SIDs).- 3. Climate Change, Childhood and SIDs.- 4. Human Capital Investment in SIDs.- 5. Children in Violent Circumstances.- 6. Voiceless Citizens.- 7. Children on the Periphery.- 8. Transformative Childhoods.- 9. Re-engineering Childhoods in Caribbean SIDs.

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