Children’s Wellbeing and Children’s Rights—A Nordic Perspective
A special issue of Social Sciences (ISSN 2076-0760). This special issue belongs to the section "Childhood and Youth Studies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 November 2023) | Viewed by 22831
Special Issue Editors
Interests: childhood and youth; social work; lived citizenship; social interaction; methodology and ethics in researching childhood research
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Nordic countries have a shared history of a strong welfare model and are ranked among the top countries in the world regarding happiness, trust, economic success and political stability. Consequently, the Nordic countries continually draw attention from around the world for their child policies, among other things, where they are perceived as exemplary due to their high-quality, universal daycare facilities and community schools. Furthermore, the Nordic countries have a long-standing commitment to child protection and welfare, and are recognized as first movers regarding children’s rights, for instance in outlawing physical punishment (Sweden) and the appointment of a state-funded children’s ombudsman (Norway). Nevertheless, in practice, the Nordic countries have not yet reached the goal of ensuring that children enjoy equal rights on a par with adults. They also struggle with various kinds of challenges to children’s wellbeing, with dilemmas that arise in practice between the dual goals of wellbeing and rights fulfillment and with internal issues within each of these goals.
This Special Issue addresses the Nordic experiences of striving to enhance children’s wellbeing and rights in various contexts (e.g., daycare, school, social work, out-of-home care and family law), including:
- The relationship between children’s wellbeing and children’s rights;
- Challenges to children’s wellbeing, and the effects of policies and practices that aim to address those challenges;
- Dilemmas and challenges in pedagogical practices, social work practices and policies that aim to enhance children’s wellbeing and/or rights;
- Adultism and developmentalism as barriers to children’s wellbeing and/or rights.
We welcome theoretical as well as empirical contributions, including research that reflects children’s and welfare professionals’ lived experiences. While this Special Issue focuses on Nordic perspectives, we encourage authors to reflect on the relevance of their contribution for a global readership and/or on what could be learned from the Nordic experiences.
The Guest Editors invite you to submit an abstract of your proposed paper (max. 200 words). This should be sent to both editors by email: Prof. Dr. Hanne Warming, Roskilde University, [email protected]; Dr. Sarah Alminde, Roskilde University, [email protected]
The Guest Editors will select abstracts to be invited for full submission. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 15 June 2023. Decisions on the commissioning of full papers will be made by the end of June 2023. Authors invited to prepare their full paper must submit this by 1 November 2023. All papers submitted will be subject to full peer review prior to publication decisions. All papers finally accepted will be published in either the themed issue or a regular issue of the journal.
Dr. Hanne Warming
Dr. Sarah Alminde
Guest Editors
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