Childhoods of the Global South
Children’s Rights and Resistance
By Manfred Liebel With Rebecca Budde, Urszula Markowska-Manista and Philip Meade
Published
Sep 14, 2023Page count
264 pagesISBN
978-1447370413Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Sep 14, 2023Page count
264 pagesISBN
978-1447370406Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Sep 14, 2023Page count
264 pagesISBN
978-1447370420Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Sep 14, 2023Page count
264 pagesISBN
978-1447370420Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy Press
Childhoods of the Global South
Children in the Global South continue to be affected by social disadvantage in our unequal post-colonial world order. With a focus on working-class children in Latin America, this book explores the challenges of promoting children’s rights in a context of decolonization.
Liebel and colleagues give insights into the political lives of children and demonstrate ways in which the concept of children’s rights can be made meaningful at the grassroots level. Looking to the future, they consider how collaborative research with children can counteract their marginalization and oppression in society.
“A much-needed, beautifully written book infused with a belief in children’s dignity and humanity. It is a passionate call for understanding childhoods from a decolonial perspective.” Heather Montgomery, The Open University
“At once a concise summary and an impassioned reconsideration of child rights studies, this book is essential reading for anyone working with and for children.” Kristen Cheney, University of Victoria
Manfred Liebel was founder and Director of the MA Childhood Studies and Children's Rights at the Free University of Berlin and University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, 2007–2021.
Rebecca Budde is a cultural scientist and was Academic Coordinator of the MA Childhood Studies and Children’s Rights at the Free University of Berlin and University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, 2007–2021.
Urszula Markowska-Manista is Researcher and Assistant Professor at the University of Warsaw and was Co-director of the MA Childhood Studies and Children’s Rights at the Free University of Berlin and University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, 2016–2021.
Philip Meade is a social pedagogue and Lecturer of the MA Childhood Studies and Children’s Rights at the Free University of Berlin and University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. With Manfred Liebel, he is co-founder of the ProNATs Association to strengthen the rights of children and youth.
Introduction
Part 1: Children’s Rights From Below
1. Submission and Humiliation of Childhoods From a Decolonial Perspective
2. Children’s Rights Movements and the Hidden History of Children’s Rights
3. Children’s Rights Studies in Search of an Own Profile (with Rebecca Budde)
4. Ethical Challenges of Research With Children of the Global South (with Urszula Markowska-Manista)
5. Adultism, Children’s Political Participation and Voting Rights (with Philip Meade)
Part 2: Children in Resistance
6. Children’s Rights and Political Subjectivities
7. Flexible Adaptation or Resistance? Paradoxes and Pitfalls of Discourses on Resilience in Children
8. Children’s Protagonism. Considerations for Its Reconceptualization
9. ‘Not About Us, but With Us!’ Perspectives of Insurgent Research With Children in Light of Their Rights
Epilogue
