The Rights of the Child and the Changing Image of ChildhoodIn this book Philip E. Veerman presents and discusses milestones in the evolution of children's rights, as well as the work of a number of important pioneers in this field in order to examine whether the concept of childhood has changed in our century. With Samuel Shye's Systemic Quality of Life Model' as a conceptual framework and uniform standard, more than forty Declarations and Conventions are analysed and compared. Veerman thus unfolds an exciting picture of the changing image of childhood, starting at the beginning of this century and culminating in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1989, and the World Summit for Children of 1990. Finally the author proposes, together with Samuel Shye, a Declaration on the Rights of the Child based on the Systemic Quality of Life Model'. All the important Declarations and Conventions are reprinted as appendices. This makes Veerman's study a complete and up-to-date textbook on children's right. "Dr. Veerman" is the coordinator of the Israel Section of Defence for Children International (DCI) and Fellow of the Youth Policy Center of Haifa University. |
Contents
To What Extent Did the Image of Childhood Change? | 3 |
In Search of Workable Definitions 133 | 13 |
Shyes Systemic Quality of Life Model | 39 |
From Basing Childrens Rights on Needs to Basing Them | 57 |
Ellen Key and the Right of the Child to Choose Its Own Parents | 75 |
The World Is My Country | 87 |
Janusz Korczak and the Right of the Child to Respect | 93 |
Modern Pioneers | 113 |
National and Regional Declarations | 231 |
Ideological Declarations | 281 |
Summary and Conclusions | 395 |
Suggestions for Further Research | 401 |
Appendices | 413 |
Bibliography | 604 |
About the Author | 625 |
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