The History and Theory of Children’s Citizenship in Contemporary Societies

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: The Children’s Citizenship Paradigm

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   Pages 1-10

3. Methodology and Methods

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   Pages 11-20

4. Citizenship

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   Pages 21-47

5. The Emergence of Childhood – From the Ancient World Until the Dawn of the Enlightenment

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   Pages 49-72

6. The Emergence of Childhood – From the Enlightenment to Modern World of Childhood

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   Pages 73-87

7. Intellectual Discourse, Beliefs, Moral and Ideological Positions on Children from Antiquity Until the Present – Children from Antiquity to the High Middle Ages

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   Pages 89-103

8. Intellectual Discourse, Beliefs, Moral and Ideological Positions on Children from Antiquity Until the Present – Children from the Middle Ages Through Early Modern to the Present

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   Pages 105-135

9. The ‘Child Sciences’, Social Sciences and Childhood Studies

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   Pages 137-172

10. Children’s Human Rights and the Contemporary Interest in Child Participation

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    Pages 173-198

11. Issues Concerning the Legal Status, Welfare, Policy Making and Inclusion of Children in Governance and Full Citizenship

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    Pages 199-222

12. Complementary Areas That Contribute to Notions of Children’s Citizenship

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    Pages 223-229

13. Conclusion

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    Pages 231-245

14. Back Matter

    Pages 247-302

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This book examines the notion of children having full citizenship. It does so historically, through intellectual discourse, beliefs, and moral and ideological positions on children. It looks at the status and extent of knowledge of the position of children covering about 2500 years. The book takes European and other cultures, traditions and beliefs into consideration. It reflects on the topic from a variety of disciplines, including social sciences, theology and philosophy. The book places children’s citizenship in the centre of children’s rights discourse. Part of the work is a critical appraisal of ‘children’s participation’ because it diverts attention away from children as members of society toward being a separable group. The book moves on from child participation using a children’s rights based argument toward examination of the relationship of the child with the state, i.e. as potentially full member citizens. ​

• Child Participation
• Child Sciences
• Childhood Studies
• Childhood in antiquity
• Childhood in the middle ages
• Childhood in the modern world
• Children Citizenship
• Children’s Citizenship
• Children’s Rights
• Emergence of Childhood
• Emergence of Childhood
• Ideological Positions on Children
• Ideological Positions on Children From the High Middle Ages
• Inclusion of Children in Governance and Full Citizenship
• Modern World of Childhood

• Calès, France

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