Offers a critical approach to notions of children's citizenship. Drawing on different disciplinary perspectives and including contributions by leading scholars, this book makes connections between theoretical approaches, representations of childhood, the experiences of children themselves, legal instruments, policies and their implementation.

This volume provides a series of critical analyses of some of the contemporary debates in relation to the human rights of children, resituating them within visions which informed the text of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989. The studies embrace examination of some of today's widespread interpretations of the CRC, analysis of what is implied by a human rights-based approach in research and advocacy and consideration of advances and barriers to research and to several aspects of CRC implementation. With contributions by leading experts in the field, the book...