Children and Citizenship

Antonella Invernizzi is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Applied Social Sciences, Swansea University. Jane Williams is a former UK and Welsh Assembly government lawyer now based in the School of Law, Swansea University where she teaches Public Law, aspects of child law and children's rights.

`This collection...is outstanding. It has an excellent grasp of the field and students in fields of both social studies of childhood and children's rights and citizenship will gain a lot from reading and studying the book' - Jens Qvortrup, Professor of Sociology, University of Trondheim

Foreword - Jaap DoekPART ONE: NOTIONS OF CHILDREN¿S CITIZENSHIPIntroductionUnpacking Children¿s Citizenship - Ruth ListerEducation for Citizenship - Andrew Lockyer Children as Citizens and Political LiteracyCitizenship From Below - Manfred Liebel Children¿s Rights and Social MovementsFrom Chattels to Citizens? 80 Years of Eglantyne Jebb¿s Legacy to Children and Beyond - Brian MilneChildren as Rights Holders - Jane Fortin Awareness and Scepticism Children as ¿Citizens¿ Of the United Nations (UN) - Judith EnnewPART TWO: CONSTRUCTIONS OF CHILDHOOD AND CHILDREN¿S EXPERIENCES IntroductionCare And Control In The Construction Of Childhood - Allison James, Penny Curtis And Jo BirchYouth, Citizenship and the Problem of Dependence - Gill JonesWhen Does Citizenship Begin? Economics and Early Childhood - Priscilla AldersonDilemmas in Children¿s Participation in England - Virginia MorrowEveryday Lives of Working Children and Notions of Citizenship - Antonella InvernizziPART THREE: HOW POLICY AND LAW THINK ABOUT CHILDREN¿S CITIZENSHIP IntroductionWill Law Think About Children? Reflections on Youth Matters - Christine PiperThe Relevance of European Union Citizenship to Children - Helen StalfordDevolution and the Language of Children¿s Rights in the UK - Samantha CluttonInstitutional Support for the UNCRC¿s `Citizen Child¿ - Jane Williams and Rhian Croke