Why Care

Description

Over the past decade, EU and national policy-makers alike have paid more attention to childhood poverty and childrens rights. Whether this has led to better policies, and whether these policies have in turn resulted in less childhood poverty and more human dignity, remains debatable. A better understanding of both child poverty and childrens rights could help. brThis book introduces several approaches in the field of child poverty and childrens rights studies, and identifies intersections between different theoretical approaches from both domains. This is a fruitful exercise for the academic disciplines involved, for policy-makers and for anyone taking an interest in these challenging subjects.brChildrens rights may provide some common ground for the different perspectives on the causes of poverty. They also introduce specific process requirements, in particular the participation of the poor. At the same time, childrens rights may gain from an encounter with child poverty studies, not least in grasping the complexity of child poverty and in making a realistic assessment of their own potential for addressing child poverty. brThis book is a collaborative project of Centrum OASeS and the UNICEF Chair in Childrens Rights, both located at the University of Antwerp. The UNICEF Chair in Childrens Rights is a joint initiative of UNICEF Belgium and the University of Antwerp, Faculty of Law. The Chair was established in 2007. It acts as a knowledge broker of childrens rights within the academic community and between the academic community and policy and practice, through teaching, research and service to the community. More information www.ua.ac.bechildrensrights.brThe more prominent research topics of the Centrum OASeS, Centre on Inequality, Poverty, Social Exclusion and the City include poverty and other forms of social exclusion, ethnic minorities, urban policy, social economy and supported employment, and social networks. Its projects reach from the very local to the European level with participation in several Framework Programmes. More information www.oases.be.br