Abstract
Beginning in the nineteenth and accelerating in the twentieth century, children’s rights to protection have been increasingly defined, articulated and enforced. Over the past 20 years, this protective stance has been supplemented with the promotion of the rights of children to participate in decisions affecting their lives. In the now famous phrase of Lady Justice Butler-Sloss, there has been a move towards treating the child as ‘a person and not an object of concern’.
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This book of edited chapters is a guide to current issues in the sociology of childhood, in and beyond the UK, that have practical applications for practitioners. The focus on children as subjects of research offers techniques that could be adapted for use in social work practice with children.
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A comprehensive analysis of the extent to which UK law and policy complies with the UN Convention. It contains a vast amount of information on a wide range of issues, including day care, adoption, poverty and homelessness.
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A collection of articles analysing the legal framework of children’s rights, policy initiatives and international perspectives on children’s rights.
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An original analysis identifying four perspectives that have been influential in British child care policy up to the present day.
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This provides a detailed context to contemporary social work and the state’s role in family life, looking in particular at the influence of child abuse enquiries.
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© 1998 Marian Brandon, Gillian Schofield and Liz Trinder
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Brandon, M., Schofield, G., Trinder, L., Stone, N. (1998). Child Care Policy, Children’s Rights and The Children Act. In: Social Work with Children. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14043-5_2
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