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Endangered and Transformative Childhood in Caribbean Small Island Developing States

✍ Scribed by Aldrie Henry-Lee


Publisher
Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2020
Tongue
English
Leaves
240
Series
Studies in Childhood and Youth
Edition
1st ed. 2020
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


This book examines childhood in four Caribbean SIDS (Barbados, Jamaica, Haiti and St. Lucia). Through the analysis of primary and secondary data, the author reveals that children in Caribbean SIDS experience an endangered childhood. The intrinsic characteristics of SIDs, including susceptibility to climate change, and high levels of poverty, indebtedness and inequality, Henry-Lee argues, increase the vulnerability of children. Furthermore, duty bearers are not adequately investing in children, private and public spaces are not child-friendly, and children’s rights are violated daily. Endangered and Transformative Childhood in Caribbean Small Island Developing States shows that children are therefore at risk of being left behind in the fulfilment of the UN2030 Agenda and that the Convention of the Rights of the Child (1989) lacks enforceable sanctions. Unless a radical transformation of childhood takes place, the prosperity and viability of Caribbean SIDS will remain elusive for generations to come. Students, scholars and policy-makers with an interest in childhood studies, children’s rights, and social policy will find this book a valuable read.

✦ Table of Contents


Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvi
Our Commitments to the Children of the World (Aldrie Henry-Lee)....Pages 1-25
Childhood in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) (Aldrie Henry-Lee)....Pages 27-62
Climate Change, Childhood and Caribbean SIDs (Aldrie Henry-Lee)....Pages 63-80
Human Capital Investment in Children (Aldrie Henry-Lee)....Pages 81-101
Children in Violent Circumstances (Aldrie Henry-Lee)....Pages 103-140
Voiceless Citizens (Aldrie Henry-Lee)....Pages 141-163
Children on the Periphery (Aldrie Henry-Lee)....Pages 165-192
Transformative Childhood (Aldrie Henry-Lee)....Pages 193-202
Re-engineering Childhood in Caribbean SIDS (Aldrie Henry-Lee)....Pages 203-216
Back Matter ....Pages 217-220

✦ Subjects


Social Sciences; Childhood, Adolescence and Society; Children, Youth and Family Policy; Public Policy; Development and Children


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