Childhood in Liberal Theory: Equality, Difference, and Children's Rights

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Childhood in Liberal Theory: Equality, Difference, and Children's Rights

By Nicolas Brando
Oxford University Press June 2024

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ISBN-13
9780197267769
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication
June 2024
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Children are systematically treated differently as political and legal subjects due to their assumed weaknesses, incapacities, and particular needs. How does this differential status fit in with the principles of justice that structure our society, law, and morality?

Despite the growth of philosophical research on childhood and children's rights during the last decades, there has been no systematic study on the moral and political status of children in liberal political theory. Childhood in Liberal Theory fills this gap, and offers a novel look at the concept of 'childhood' and children's rights within the tradition of liberal theories of justice. Brando proposes an ambitious deconstruction of the concept of 'childhood', and an Adaptive model of children's rights as the most apt way of including children within liberal discourses on justice.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Just for Kids

Part I: Defining Childhood
1:The Concept of Childhood and Social Groups
2:Childhood: Life-Stage Conceptions
3:Childhood: The Liberationist Conception
4:An Adaptive Conception of Childhood

Part II: Grounding Children's Rights
5:Theories of Rights: Choices, Interests, and Capabilities
6:Children's Rights: Liberationist and Standard Liberal Approaches
7:Children's Rights: The Convention
8:An Adaptive model for Children's Rights

Part III: Applying the Adaptive Model
9:What (if Anything) is Wrong with Child Labour?
10:Is Child Disenfranchisement Justified?
11:Can Children be Excluded from Public Spaces?

Conclusion: Not Just for Kids

Bibliography
Index
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