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About Canada: Youth and Children
Bernard Schissel
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Description for About Canada: Youth and Children
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSP1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127. Weight in Grams: 122.
Examining the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child, this study analyzes each of its rights within the Canadian context--and finds Canada wanting. The argument contends that although the country's expressed desire is to protect and care for its children, the reality is that young people--in Canada and around the world--often lack basic human rights. Illustrating how children are steeped in abuse from the education and justice systems, exploited by corporations and in the sex trade, and suffer from ill health and poverty, this volume also demonstrates that while the hearts of Canadians go out to oppressed youth ... Read more
Examining the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child, this study analyzes each of its rights within the Canadian context--and finds Canada wanting. The argument contends that although the country's expressed desire is to protect and care for its children, the reality is that young people--in Canada and around the world--often lack basic human rights. Illustrating how children are steeped in abuse from the education and justice systems, exploited by corporations and in the sex trade, and suffer from ill health and poverty, this volume also demonstrates that while the hearts of Canadians go out to oppressed youth ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
121g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Black Point, Nova Scotia, Canada
ISBN
9781552664124
SKU
V9781552664124
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99-15
About Bernard Schissel
Bernard Schissel is a professor and head of the doctor of social sciences program at Royal Roads University. He lives in Victoria, British Columbia.
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