exploring potentials for enhancing opportunities in the lives of children and youth /
[edited by] Natalie Hevener Kaufman and Irene Rizzini
xviii, 176 pages ;
26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
The impact of global economic, political, and social transformations on the lives of children : a framework for analysis / Natalie Hevener Kaufman [and others] -- Globalization in cross-cultural perspective / Virginia Murphy-Berman and Natalie Hevener Kaufman -- The status of children in international law / Natalie Hevener Kaufman -- Democratization and children's lives / Gary B. Melton -- Children and family law / Arlene Bowers Andrews -- Civic participation of children and youth / Susan P. Limber and Natalie Hevener Kaufman -- The effects of political and economic transformations on children : the environment / Louise Chawla -- Children and the media / Brian Wilcox -- Developmental-ecological considerations / Ross Thompson -- The transition to "democracy" in Latin America : challenges and implications / Elaine C. Lacy -- Promises kept, promises broken : recent political and economic trends affecting children and youth in Brazil / Irene Rizzini and Gary Barker -- The effects of structural adjustment programs on the lives of children in Jamaica / Sian Williams