Children's rights in international politics: the transformative power of discourse

Provides insights into a lively field of international human rights politics b the protection of children and their rights b by looking at the negotiationsleading to the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. INDICE: Introduction - Power and Exclusion in Discourse Approaches to International Relations - Discursive Transformation and the Role of Institutions -Global Childhood b An Essentially Uncontested Concept? - Origins of the Drafting of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child - Discursive Practices Within the UN and the Transformation of a Global Childhood Paradigm - Exclusionary Facets of the Social Ebvironment and their Effects on the New Image of Childhood - Conclusion - Future Prospects for an Analysis of Norm Change through Discourse

• ISBN: 978-0-230-24180-0
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 320
• Fecha Publicación: 16/07/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés