The child as citizen / special editor, Felton Earls ; Phyllis Kaniss, executive editor.

Includes bibliographical references. Contents Children : from rights to citizenship / Felton Earls -- A historical context for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child / Paula S. Fass. -- Multigenerational citizenship : the importance of recognizing children as national and international citizens / Geraldine Van Bueren -- Public policies and child rights : entering the third decade of the Convention on the Rights of the Child / Marta Mauras -- The promise of citizenship for Brazilian children : what has changed? / Irene Rizzini -- Ratification by the United States of the Convention on the Rights of the Child : pros and cons from a child's rights perspectives / Elizabeth Bartholet -- Children in the United States of America : a statistical portrait by race-ethnicity, immigrant origins, and language / Donald J. Hernandez, Nancy A. Denton, and Victoria L. Blanchard -- Children and the rights of citizens : nondomination and intergenerational justice / James Bohman -- The child as democratic citizen / Andrew Rehfeld -- To be (come) or not to be (come) : understanding children's citizenship / Allison James -- Participatory niches for emergent citizenship in early adolescence : an international perspective / Judith Torney-Purta and Jo-Ann Amadeo -- American sixteen- and seventeen-year olds are ready to vote / Daniel Hart and Robert Atkins -- Adolescents as deliberative citizens : building health competence in local communities / Mary Carlson and Felton Earls -- Promoting children's capacities for active and deliberative citizenship with digital technologies : the CADE Project in Costa Rica / Clotilde Fonesca and Maria Eugenia Bujanda -- Appendix : Time line of children's rights. Note Also issued online