Book Review: Children's Rights and Power in a Changing World
Authored by noted child development psychologist Mary John, the book 'Children's Rights and Power in a Changing World' is a very useful for educators and organizations working on child rights and right to education issues as it discusses new challenges.
THE BOOK Children's Rights and Power in a Changing World, dwells on the issues of child rights in relation to current thinking about the nature of power, the role of competence within this, and how perception of power is determined by culture, as held by the author Mary John.
As a noted development psychologist, Mary John, in her well-researched book reveals how children learn about power, being powerful and the transformation of power relationships.
The author, in her 300 odd-page long book, uncovers the reasons of exclusion of children from discussions of the changing nature of power in various nations and societies.
In her book published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London, the author compares with evidences the situation of children to that of other powerless minority groups get silenced because of their lack of economic force.
In her book divided into five sections, the author stresses the need for children's inclusion in debates on social accountability, freedom, and autonomy in all nations.
The relevance of the book to gain insights into the child rights issues becomes prominent with the recently enforced 'right to education act' in India since the book cites the case of the Night Schools of Rajasthan. In these schools the members of the Indian Children's Parliament are elected and discuss children's rights and local issues related to them.
Among the other children's issues, the book discusses the rise in violence among Japanese school children; child labour in Mexico; and democratic schooling in Albany in US along with rampant child rights violation in Africa and Asia.
The book is very useful for educators and organizations working on child rights issues as it discusses new challenges for the recognition and realization of children's rightful autonomy and agency globally.
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