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This book presents an integral, cross-cultural reflection on the social reality of children´s rights and citizenship, giving an insight into new perspectives on the history and different concepts of children´s rights in a contextualized and localized manner.

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Acronyms Introduction PART I: CONTEXTS OF CHILDREN´S RIGHTS DISCOURSES Framing the Issue: Rethinking Children´s Rights Hidden Aspects of Children´s Rights History Children´s Rights Contextualized PART II: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES Schools of Thought in Children´s Rights; K.Hanson Localizing Children´s Rights; W.Vandenhole Discriminated for Being Children: A Blind-spot in the Human Rights Arena Children´s Rights and the Responsibilities of States: Thoughts on Understanding Children´s Rights as Subjective Rights; M.Liebel & I.Saadi PART III: PRACTICAL PERPSECTIVES Grass-roots Children´s Rights Children´s Rights as ´Work in Progress´: The Conceptual and Practical Contributions of Working Children´s Movements; I.Saadi Cultural Variations in Constructions of Children´s Participation; M.Liebel & I.Saadi Children´s Citizenship Observed and Experienced PART IV: NEW FRAMEWORKS FOR CHILDREN´S RIGHTS FROM BELOW The Role of Children in Shaping New Contexts of Children´s Rights The Role of Adults in Supporting Children´s Rights from Below Notes Bibliography Index

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KARL HANSON Associate Professor in the Children´s Rights Unit at the University Institute Kurt Bösch, Switzerland IVEN SAADI Lecturer at the European Master in Childhood Studies and Children´s Rights (EMCR) at the Free University Berlin, Germany WOUTE VENDENHOLE UNICEF Chair in Children´s Rights at the University of Antwerp, Belgium

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