TY - BOOK AU - Wall,John TI - Children's rights: today's global challenge SN - 9781442249776 AV - HQ789 .W35 2017 U1 - 323.3/52 23 PY - 2017///] CY - Lanham, Boulder, New York, London PB - Rowman & Littlefield KW - Children's rights KW - Child labor KW - Child slaves KW - Children KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - fast KW - pplt KW - Slavery KW - Human rights N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Why children's rights -- Theoretical controversies -- Historical ambiguities -- Education in an age of globalization -- The new child slavery -- The right to vote -- Today's global challenge N2 - "This accessible and authoritative book provides the first systematic overview of the global children's rights movement. It introduces both beginners and experts to child and youth rights in all their theoretical, historical, cultural, political, and practical complexity. In the process, the book examines key controversies about globalization, cultural relativism, social justice, power, economics, politics, freedom, ageism, and more. Combining vivid examples with cutting-edge scholarship, Children's Rights: Today's Global Challenge lifts up the rights of the youngest third of humanity as the major human rights challenge of the twenty-first century."--Publisher's website ER -