Child Politics

1996/02/01 by Göran Therborn · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Children's Rights and Participation

paper · doi:10.1177/0907568296003001003

openalex publication_date 1996/02/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21

Abstract

The article analyses the different strands of public concern regarding children in the course of the 20th century, and the political process and the ideological constellation which led up to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The ratification of the Convention and its political effects in northwestern Europe are analysed. Finally, a set of hypotheses are presented about likely determinants of the impact of the Convention in different parts of the world.

Discussions

• Göran Therborn rekonstruiert in Child Politics, Dimensions and Perspectives (1996) die öffentlichen Diskurse um Kindheit im 20 Jahrhundert und wie sie in die UN Kinderrechtskonvention kulminierten. do [bsky, 1 points, 1 comments]

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