Children and Citizenship

`This collection...is outstanding. It has an excellent grasp of the field′Jens Qvortrup, Professor of Sociology, University of Trondheim

This book offers a contemporary and critical approach to notions of children′s citizenship. Drawing on different disciplinary perspectives and including contributions by leading scholars in the field, it makes explicit connections between theoretical approaches, representations of childhood, the experiences of children themselves, legal instruments, policies and their implementation.

`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

`Anyone who is concerned with citizenship should grapple with the thesis in this collection. This stimulating book will provoke discussion of what is involved in recognising that children are as much part of our society as adults′ - Professor Michael Freeman, Editor of International Journal of Children′s Rights

Children and Citizenship offers a contemporary and critical approach to notions of children′s citizenship. Drawing on different disciplinary perspectives and including contributions by leading scholars in the field, this book makes explicit connections between theoretical approaches, representations of childhood, the experiences of children themselves, legal instruments, policies and their implementation. Each chapter presents complex issues in an accessible way, helping readers to understand notions of children′s citizenship that are embedded in contemporary debates.

Children and Citizenship is an important and timely book and will be invaluable for undergraduate and postgraduate students across a wide number of disciplines, including health, social work, childhood studies, youth studies, education, law and social policy, together with policy-makers and practitioners in allied areas.

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

Foreword - Jaap Doek
PART ONE: NOTIONS OF CHILDREN′S CITIZENSHIP
Introduction
Unpacking Children′s Citizenship - Ruth Lister
Education for Citizenship - Andrew Lockyer
Children as Citizens and Political Literacy
Citizenship From Below - Manfred Liebel
Children′s Rights and Social Movements
From Chattels to Citizens? 80 Years of Eglantyne Jebb′s Legacy to Children and Beyond - Brian Milne
Children as Rights Holders - Jane Fortin
Awareness and Scepticism
Children as ′Citizens′ Of the United Nations (UN) - Judith Ennew
PART TWO: CONSTRUCTIONS OF CHILDHOOD AND CHILDREN′S EXPERIENCES
Introduction
Care And Control In The Construction Of Childhood - Allison James, Penny Curtis And Jo Birch
Youth, Citizenship and the Problem of Dependence - Gill Jones
When Does Citizenship Begin? Economics and Early Childhood - Priscilla Alderson
Dilemmas in Children′s Participation in England - Virginia Morrow
Everyday Lives of Working Children and Notions of Citizenship - Antonella Invernizzi
PART THREE: HOW POLICY AND LAW THINK ABOUT CHILDREN′S CITIZENSHIP
Introduction
Will Law Think About Children? Reflections onYouth Matters - Christine Piper
The Relevance of European Union Citizenship to Children - Helen Stalford
Devolution and the Language of Children′s Rights in the UK - Samantha Clutton
Institutional Support for the UNCRC′s `Citizen Child′ - Jane Williams and Rhian Croke