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Children's rights |
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Authors: |
Pechtelidis, Yannis |
Reviewer: |
Kosma, Yvon Alexia |
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Abstract: |
The debate on children's rights is the subject of chapter seven. This debate raises important legal, social, ethical and philosophical questions about the appropriate form of children's relations with adults and, more generally, about their relationship to social and political life. Children are usually considered immature and therefore incapable of being rights-bearers, although in most societies it is morally unacceptable to claim that children do not or should not have rights. In this context, it has been argued that children should have rights, which are not necessarily the same as those of adults. Several sociologists have argued that children undoubtedly have needs that should be met, but we should not forget that they are human beings with rights, priorities and ambitions. This position has been the starting point for the development of the children's rights discourse, according to which children are seen as social actors, acting on their own particular terms and in their own best interests, but also as citizens, expressing their views on the policies and processes that affect their lives.
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Linguistic Editors: |
Saltidou, Theodora |
Technical Editors: |
Zikos, Nikolaos |
Type: |
Chapter |
Creation Date: | 2015 |
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License: |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/gr |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/4753 |
Bibliographic Reference: | Pechtelidis, Y. (2015). Children's rights [Chapter]. In Pechtelidis, Y. 2015. Sociology of childhood [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/4753 |
Language: |
Greek |
Is Part of: |
Sociology of childhood |
Number of pages |
21 |
Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |