Rethinking Children’s Citizenship

269 Pages·2013·1.015 MB·English

by  Tom Cockburn (auth.)

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Rethinking Children’s
Citizenship
Tom Cockburn
Rethinking Children’s Citizenship
StudiesinChildhoodandYouth
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KateBacon
TWINSINSOCIETY
Parents,Bodies,SpaceandTalk
DavidBuckinghamandVebjørgTingstad(editors)
CHILDHOODANDCONSUMERCULTURE
TomCockburn
RETHINKINGCHILDREN’SCITIZENSHIP
SamFrankel
CHILDREN,MORALITYANDSOCIETY
AllisonJames,AnneTrineKjørholtandVebjørgTingstad(editors)
CHILDREN,FOODANDIDENTITYINEVERYDAYLIFE
ManfredLiebel,KarlHanson,IvenSaadiandWouterVandenhole(editors)
CHILDREN’SRIGHTSFROMBELOW
Cross-CulturalPerspectives
HelenStapleton
SURVIVINGTEENAGEMOTHERHOOD
MythsandRealities
AfuaTwum-DansoImoh,RobertAme
CHILDHOODSATTHEINTERSECTIONOFTHELOCALANDTHEGLOBAL
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Contents
Introduction 1
Cities 4
Whychildrenshouldbeconsideredcitizens 6
Changesovertime 11
Beyondliberalcitizenship 14
Structureofthebook 16
Part I
1 ChildrenandCitizenshipintheClassicalPeriod 23
Greece 23
Plato 27
Aristotle 30
Romancitizenshipandchildren 33
LateantiquityandChristianity 38
MiddleAges 42
Conclusion 45
2 Renaissance:PreludetoModernPoliticalTheory 47
ThomasHobbes 49
JohnLocke 51
TheEnlightenment 56
ImmanuelKant 56
AdamSmith 58
JeanJacquesRousseau 61
Women’schallengetocitizenship 69
Patriarchy 72
JohnStuartMill 73
Conclusion 76
3 TheSearchforEquality,andthe‘Protection’and
EducationofChildren 78
Urbanisation,Marxismandchildren 80
Employmentofchildren 84
Education 90
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viii Contents
Family,marriage,property,lawandthedevelopment
of‘childprotection’ 98
Conclusion 107
4 SocialCitizens 110
Socialcitizenship 111
‘Discovering’children 115
Goldenageofwelfare 119
Education 123
Girls 126
Crisisandtheassertionofchildren’srights 128
Conclusion 133
Part II
5 Children’sRightsandTheirLimitations 137
Humanrights 138
Limitationtochildren’srights 145
Thefamily 149
Thestate 153
Conclusion 158
6 InternationalCitizenship 160
Internationalcitizenship 163
UnitedNationsConventionontheRightsoftheChild 166
Europeancitizens 171
Conclusion 176
Part III
7 InclusiveandDifferentiatedCitizenship 181
Argumentsforgrouprights:Children’sdifferences 185
Careandintimacies 192
Conclusion 200
8 ParticipatoryCitizenshipofChildren 202
Participationanddemocracy 202
Civilsociety 205
Citizenshipeducation 210
Spacesforparticipationanddemocraticrenewal 212
Educationfordemocracy 218
Recognition,expressionanddialogue 221
Conclusion 224
Contents ix
Conclusion 226
Thedevelopmentofchildren’scitizenship 227
Dependency,interdependencyandcitizenship 229
Care,generationandcivilsociety 232
Notes 234
References 235
Index 256