Turning Global Rights into Local Realities Realizing Children's Rights in Ghana's Pluralistic Society
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures and Table
- About the Author
- Introduction
- 1 Tracing the Western Origins of Global Children’s Rights Discourses
- 2 From the National to the International: The Makings of the Global Discourse of Children’s Rights
- 3 Global Children’s Rights Discourses: Imperialistic, Irrelevant and Inapplicable to Southern Contexts?
- 4 Historical Approaches to Child Welfare in Ghana
- 5 From Marginal to Central: Tracing the Deployment of Children’s Rights Language in Laws and Action in Ghana
- 6 Exploring the Multiplicity of Childhoods and Child-Rearing Practices in a Pluralistic Society and the Implications for Children’s Rights
- 7 The Plurality of Childhoods and the Significance for Rights Discourses: An Exploration of Child Duty and Work Against a Backdrop of Social Inequality
- 8 Implications of the Pluralities of Childhood Conceptualizations and Lived Experiences in the Global South for Studies of Children’s Rights
- Notes
- References
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 January 2025
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures and Table
- About the Author
- Introduction
- 1 Tracing the Western Origins of Global Children’s Rights Discourses
- 2 From the National to the International: The Makings of the Global Discourse of Children’s Rights
- 3 Global Children’s Rights Discourses: Imperialistic, Irrelevant and Inapplicable to Southern Contexts?
- 4 Historical Approaches to Child Welfare in Ghana
- 5 From Marginal to Central: Tracing the Deployment of Children’s Rights Language in Laws and Action in Ghana
- 6 Exploring the Multiplicity of Childhoods and Child-Rearing Practices in a Pluralistic Society and the Implications for Children’s Rights
- 7 The Plurality of Childhoods and the Significance for Rights Discourses: An Exploration of Child Duty and Work Against a Backdrop of Social Inequality
- 8 Implications of the Pluralities of Childhood Conceptualizations and Lived Experiences in the Global South for Studies of Children’s Rights
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Turning Global Rights into Local RealitiesRealizing Children's Rights in Ghana's Pluralistic Society, pp. i - ivPublisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 2024