Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research: Theory and Practice

Bagattini, Alexander; Macleod, Colin

This book presents new findings that deal with different facets of the well-being of children and their relevance to the proper treatment of children. The well-being of children is considered against the background of a wide variety of legal, political, medical, educational and familial perspectives. The book addresses diverse issues from a range of disciplinary perspectives using a variety of methods. It has three major sections with the essays in each section loosely organized about a common general theme. The first section focuses on issues concerning the relation between children’s well-being and autonomy or agency. The second section deals with child well-being insofar as the limits of parental authority are concerned. The third section has a more applied orientation and addresses a variety of public policy controversies involving the interpretation of children’s well-being.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2014-10-10

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9789401792516

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9252-3

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 262