Social Justice for Children and Young People: International Perspectives

Cambridge University Press, 8/27/2020
EAN 9781108427685, ISBN10: 1108427685

Hardcover, 350 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English

According to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the goal of a social justice approach for children is to ensure that children “are better served and protected by justice systems, including the security and social welfare sectors.” Despite this worthy goal, the UN documents how children are rarely viewed as stakeholders in justice rules of law; child justice issues are often dealt with separate from larger justice and security issues; and when justice issues for children are addressed, it is often through a siloed, rather than a comprehensive approach. This volume actively challenges the current youth social justice paradigm through terminology and new approaches that place children and young people front and center in the social justice conversation. Through international consideration, children and young people worldwide are incorporated into the social justice conversation.

Foreword
1. An urgent call to understand the status of children and young people within a social justice paradigm
2. The language of social justice for children and young people
Key terms and guiding principles
3. Social determinants of health
Children and consequences of socially unjust policies
4. Health and mental health disparities
Application of the health capability paradigm for children and young people
5. Children and poverty
A global approach
6. Educational access for women and girls as a social justice issue
Ghana as a case study
7. The youngest victims
Children and young people affected by war
8. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth and social justice
9. Social justice for child immigrants
10. Social justice for children and young people with disabilities
11. Critical school mental health praxis (CRSMHP)
A framework for change
12. Family-school partnerships within tiered systems of support to increase access, improve equity, and promote positive outcomes for all children and families
13. Social justice and school discipline
School-wide positive interventions and supports (SWPBIS)
14. Understanding body respect as a social justice issue for young people
15. Australia
16. The need for bridging the gap between academy and public services in Brazil
Two case reports
17. The education of migrant children in China's cities
18. Inequalities in healthcare for children and adolescents in Colombia
19. Learning for psychology via the Cuban program of care for people affected by the Chernobyl accident
1990-2011
20. Learning from the perspectives of at-risk resilient Ethiopian students
How school-based resilience arises from connectedness, competence, & contribution
21. Social justice for children and young people
India country qualitative case study
22. Israel
Features of injustice in the context of educational opportunities
23. Social justice for children and young people in Mexico
24. Social justice for children and young people in Norway
25. Impact of decades of political violence on Palestinian children in Gaza strip and west bank
26. Social justice and children in Pakistan
27. Social justice issues for children and young people in Peru and other Latin American countries
28. Social justice and adolescent health
A case study of Rwanda
29. Ending mental health stigma and discrimination
Young people creating a fairer Scotland
30. Violence exposure among children and young people
Social justice for children and young people
International perspectives
A South African case study
31. Youth participatory action research in urban public education
Minority youth addressing social justice in the United States
32. Conclusion
Being a change agent for social justice for children and youth.