Description:
The Youngest Citizens traces the historical evolution of children's rights in Latin America before turning its focus to the shift in discourse and policy experienced by the continent in the last twenty years. An essential text for those interested in Latin American Studies, with a focus on family, human rights, and migration.
Review Quotes:
"In just over a hundred pages, [Amy Risley] manages to summarize key currents in the general evolution of normative approaches to children and their place in South and Central American society, and to contextualize these within detailed accounts of particular topics and localities. An accessible and engaged description of key children's rights issues and their relevance to Latin America, Risley's The Youngest Children deserves attention by teachers, journalists and other interested professionals concerned with the circumstances of some of the most vulnerable members of Latin American societies.
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The Youngest Citizens makes crystal clear, the contradictions and challenges remain pressing and urgent, for the still fragile democracies in Latin America and for all their citizens, old and young."
A Review by Jacqueline Bhabha, ReVista, Harvard University, USA