Child Poverty and Child Rights Meet Active Citizenship: A New Zealand and Sweden Case Study

Autor/inn/en	O'Brien, Michael; Salonen, Tapio
Titel	Child Poverty and Child Rights Meet Active Citizenship: A New Zealand and Sweden Case Study
Quelle	In: Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 18 (2011) 2, S.211-226 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0907-5682
DOI	10.1177/0907568210383915
Schlagwörter	Poverty; Citizenship; Case Studies; Childrens Rights; Foreign Countries; New Zealand; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Armut; Staatsbürgerschaft; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; 'Children''s rights'; Kindesrecht; Ausland; Neuseeland; Schweden
Abstract	Children's rights and active citizenship have been significant policy emphases and developments in recent years but the relationship between the two has not been actively explored in relation to the implications for child poverty. Recent policy developments in New Zealand and Sweden are drawn on here to explore this relationship. The article argues that an emphasis on active citizenship does not lead to improvement of rights for all children. Too many children are left in poverty because active citizenship is focused on the lives of adults, not the needs and rights of children. Advancing children's rights requires attention to the position of all children, not just those who live in households where the adults meet active citizenship requirements. (Contains 7 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10