Children in Charge
Edited by Mary John, Professor Emeritus, Univeristy of Exeter
This series concentrates on the theme of children’s rights, reflecting the increasing knowledge and practice in the area. The perspectives of empowerment and of ‘voice’ run through the series and the United Nations’ Convention of the Right of the Child is used as a benchmark.
Promoting Children's Rights in Social Work and Social Care
A Guide to Participatory Practice
Children have a right enshrined within the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to participate in decisions that affect them, and their participation in social care services can have a positive impact on their own self-esteem and confidence, but also the quality of service and decisions... more »
2011, Paperback: £21.99/ $36.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-607-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp
Subject: Health, Social Work and Social Care
Keywords: advocacy, child protection, children, children's rights, law, safeguarding children, social care, social policy, social work, social work law
Young Children's Rights
Exploring Beliefs, Principles and Practice
2nd edition
Published in association with Save the Children more »
2008, Paperback: £19.99/ $39.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-599-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp
Subjects: Education, Working with Children and Families, Health, Social Work and Social Care, Psychiatry and Psychology
Keywords: child protection, child psychology, children, children's rights, counselling, education, health care, law, social policy, social work law
Children Taken Seriously
In Theory, Policy and Practice
In Children Taken Seriously, leading researchers and policy makers consider how children can be recognized as social actors rather than passive consumers or victims. Using children's own views and experiences as a starting point, they explore how children can be involved as partners in the... more »
2005, Paperback: £25.00/ $42.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-250-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 304pp
Subjects: Working with Children and Families, Health, Social Work and Social Care
Keywords: adolescence, child protection, child psychiatry, children, children's rights, education, health care, social care, social policy, social work, teenagers, youthwork
Children's Rights and Power
Charging Up for a New Century
Examining children's rights from a global perspective, Mary John considers how children experience power, being powerful and the transformation of power relationships. She explores this issue objectively yet compassionately, comparing the situation of children to that of powerless minority... more »
2003, Paperback: £21.99/ $34.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-659-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 304pp 2003, Hardback: £49.99/ $90.00
ISBN: 978-1-85302-658-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 304pp
Subject: Working with Children and Families
Keyword: children's rights
Children's Rights in Education
Providing perspectives, insights and recommendations, this is a comprehensive overview of the current state of children's rights and education around the world. Written by experts in their fields, the book includes chapters on: more »
2001, Paperback: £22.99/ $38.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-977-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp
Subject: Education
Keywords: child protection, children, children's rights, education, social policy, social work law
Traveller Children: A Voice for Themselves
Over the last twenty-five years there has been an unprecedented expansion of opportunity for Traveller and Gypsy children to attend school. Educational outreach services have developed in parallel with an increased willingness on the part of parents to put their children into school. Cathy... more »
1999, Paperback: £22.99/ $39.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-684-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp
Subjects: Working with Children and Families, Health, Social Work and Social Care
Keywords: child protection, child psychology, children, children's rights
Educational Citizenship and Independent Learning
Defining the characteristics of the ideal global citizen - critically reflective, ethically concerned with social justice, and capable of exercising personal control - Rhys Griffith examines how citizenship is promoted, ignored or even suppressed in schools. His study is based on five... more »
1998, Paperback: £29.99/ $47.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-611-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 300pp
Subject: Working with Children and Families
Keyword: children's rights
Children as Citizens: Education for Participation
The social, moral and cultural development of children is a central concern for all schools. This book, which draws on the voices of children and practising teachers, demonstrates how such development can be promoted through children's readiness to discuss, debate and actively participate as... more »
1998, Paperback: £29.99/ $44.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-566-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp
Subject: Working with Children and Families
Keyword: children's rights
The Participation Rights of the Child: Rights and Responsibilities in Family and Society
This introductory text, written by one of the world's authorities on the rights of the child, covers all the issues involved in a comprehensive and accessible way. The book should be required reading on human rights courses, as well as key background reading for a wide range of professionals... more »
1997, Paperback: £25.00/ $44.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-490-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 200pp
Subject: Working with Children and Families
Keyword: children's rights
A Charge Against Society
The third volume in the Children in Charge series examines changing attitudes towards children and measures currently in operation to protect them. The contributors analyse how the child's safety and well-being can be protected, while respecting their right to be involved and to have their... more »
1997, Paperback: £25.00/ $39.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-411-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 276pp
Subject: Working with Children and Families
Keywords: children's rights, safeguarding children, social care, social work law, youthwork
Children in Charge
1996, Paperback: £25.00/ $39.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-368-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp
Subject: Working with Children and Families
Keyword: children's rights
Children in Our Charge: The Child's Right to Resources
1996, Paperback: £25.00/ $39.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-369-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp
Subject: Working with Children and Families
Keyword: children's rights
