The Nature of Children's Well-Being Theory and Practice
This book presents new findings that deal with different facets of the well-being of children and their relevance to the proper treatment of children. The well-being of children is considered against the background of a wide variety of legal, political, medical, educational and familial perspectives...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2015, 2015
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Edition: | 1st ed. 2015 |
Series: | Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research
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Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | This book presents new findings that deal with different facets of the well-being of children and their relevance to the proper treatment of children. The well-being of children is considered against the background of a wide variety of legal, political, medical, educational and familial perspectives. The book addresses diverse issues from a range of disciplinary perspectives using a variety of methods. It has three major sections with the essays in each section loosely organized about a common general theme. The first section focuses on issues concerning the relation between children’s well-being and autonomy or agency. The second section deals with child well-being insofar as the limits of parental authority are concerned. The third section has a more applied orientation and addresses a variety of public policy controversies involving the interpretation of children’s well-being |
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Physical Description: | XIX, 262 p online resource |
ISBN: | 9789401792523 |