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Book SynopsisMarking the 20th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly's adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), this volume of the ANNALS considers conceptual, legal, and practical issues related to the realization of children as citizens. The treatment of children is of vital interest to all who seek stronger democracy, especially in aging societies that will necessarily become increasingly dependent on the young. At what age should children be allowed to vote? How are demographic changes taking place in American society relevant to advancing the rights platform for children? What lessons are there to learn from societies that have secured a legal framework for children's rights, such as in Brazil? How are democracy and citizenship strengthened by extending citizenship to children? Using the CRC as a starting point on the path of achieving functional citizenship for children, the distinguished contributors provide examples of empirical research on chil
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CHILDREN: FROM RIGHTS TO CITIZENSHIP - Felton Earls A HISTORICAL CONTEXT FOR THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD - Paula S. Fass MULTIGENERATIONAL CITIZENSHIP: THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZING CHILDREN AS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CITIZENS - Geraldine Van Bueren PUBLIC POLICIES AND CHILD RIGHTS: ENTERING THE THIRD DECADE OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD - Marta Maurás THE PROMISE OF CITIZENSHIP FOR BRAZILIAN CHILDREN: WHAT HAS CHANGED? - Irene Rizzini RATIFICATION BY THE UNITED STATES OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD: THE PROS AND CONS FROM A CHILD’S RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE - Elizabeth Bartholet CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A STATISTICAL PORTRAIT BY RACE-ETHNICITY, IMMIGRANT ORIGINS, AND LANGUAGE - Donald J. Hernandez, Nancy A. Denton, and Victoria L. Blanchard CHILDREN AND RIGHTS OF CITIZENS: NONDOMINATION AND INTERGENERATIONAL JUSTICE - James Bohman THE CHILD AS DEMOCRATIC CITIZEN - Andrew Rehfeld TO BE (COME) OR NOT TO BE (COME): UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN’S CITIZENSHIP - Allison James PARTICIPATORY NICHES FOR EMERGENT CITIZENSHIP IN EARLY ADOLESCENCE: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE - Judith Torney-Purta and Jo-Ann Amadeo AMERICAN SIXTEEN- AND SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLDS ARE READY TO VOTE - Daniel Hart and Robert Atkins ADOLESCENTS AS DELIBERATIVE CITIZENS: BUILDING HEALTH COMPETENCE IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES - Mary Carlson and Felton Earls PROMOTING CHILDREN’S CAPACITIES FOR ACTIVE AND DELIBERATIVE CITIZENSHIP WITH DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES: THE CADE PROJECT IN COSTA RICA - Clotilde Fonseca and Maria Eugenia Bujanda
