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The Development of Children's Rights in Africa and Europe: Comparing Legislation in Ghana and Northern Ireland
Author(s): Esmeranda Manful (Author)
- Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 Jan. 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 368 pages
- ISBN-10: 0773437460
- ISBN-13: 9780773437463
Book Description
This book fills a gap by providing an insight into how the abstract concept of children’s rights is operationalised by child care professionals in two jurisdictions, Northern Ireland and Ghana, it is the first to compare the primary child care legislation of a developed and a developing jurisdiction by English juristic ideas.
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This book fills a gap by providing an insight into how the abstract concept of children’s rights is operationalised by child care professionals in two jurisdictions, Northern Ireland and Ghana, it is the first to compare the primary child care legislation of a developed and a developing jurisdiction by English juristic ideas.
About the Author
Dr. Manful is a Research Associate at the Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University. She worked as policy research advancing the rights of children in Ghana from 1994-2004. She completed her Ph.D at Queen’s University Belfast.
