Affectedness, empowerment and norm contestation - children and young people as social agents in international politics

Abstract: In my contribution to this collection, I aim to expose how the growing transnationalisation of groups of affected persons - in this case children and young people - has brought to the fore normative contradictions and tensions built into the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. More specifically, I will show how the universal notion of children's rights and a strong global consensus on the 'scourge' of child labour has been challenged through the empowerment of affected persons - in this case child workers. Building on critical constructivist thinking on norms, my core argument is that the increasing access of affected persons' organisations (APOs) to international organisations and high-level events brings with it an increase in norm contestation. Rather than creating new normative contestations, I will show in my analysis, the inclusion of the most affected brings to light normative inconsistencies and ambiguities that have been potentially ingrained in international tr

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Third World Thematics ; 3 (2018) 5-6 ; 645-663

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Politik

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (when): 2018
• Creator: Holzscheiter, Anna

Further information

• DOI: 10.1080/23802014.2018.1600382
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021101109005329666380
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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