Twum-Danso Imoh, A.O. (2019) Terminating childhood: dissonance and synergy between global children’s rights norms and local discourses about the transition from childhood to adulthood in Ghana. Human Rights Quarterly, 41 (1). pp. 160-182. ISSN 0275-0392
Abstract
Much has been written about the dissonance that exists between children’s rights standards and the reality of children’s lives in the Global South. What has received less attention, however, is the fact these laws are being implemented in countries affected by global social change and the legacy of historical developments. Therefore, this article seeks to move beyond a focus on the dissonance between global children’s rights norms and local realities and instead, explore the extent to which it is possible to identify both distinctions and commonalities in conceptualizations of childhood between local and global discourses with a focus on Ghana.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Johns Hopkins University Press. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Human Rights Quarterly. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Sociological Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 08 Feb 2018 13:56 |
Last Modified: | 03 Apr 2019 12:20 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1353/hrq.2019.0007 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:127192 |