Children's Rights in International Politics: The Transformative Power of Discourse

By Anna Holzscheiter

Book Overview

Introduction Power and Exclusion in Discourse Approaches to International Relations Discursive Transformation and the Role of Institutions Global Childhood - An Essentially Uncontested Concept? Origins of the Drafting of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Discursive Practices Within the UN and the Transformation of a Global Childhood Paradigm Exclusionary Facets of the Social Ebvironment and their Effects on the New Image of Childhood Conclusion - Future Prospects for an Analysis of Norm Change through Discourse

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349317500
• ISBN13: 9781349317509
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 301 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"