Abstract
The United States tends to portray itself as a human rights leader. In certain areas, the US may have a better track record compared to other nations. However, human rights concerns are confronted everyday by people in this country, including children. The purpose of this volume is to bring attention to the fact that against the backdrop of neoliberal expansion, serious human rights violations are taking place among children in the US. The daily struggles among groups of school children in the US are specifically considered, such as children sorted by race, homeless children, transient children, child refugees, children as targeted by traffickers, and/or child migrant workers.
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Hall, J. (2013). Introduction. In: Hall, J. (eds) Children’s Human Rights and Public Schooling in the United States. Constructing Knowledge, vol 5. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-197-9_1
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