A review of children's rights literature since the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Childhood

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 518-534

  Reynaert, Didier ^a   Bouverne De Bie, Maria ^b   Vandevelde, Stijn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Children's rights; Educationalization; Parental rights; Participation; Sociology of childhood; UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449779396     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: 14617013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568209344270     Document Type: Article

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