Children’s Rights in Brazilian Schools: A Living Law Informed Ethnography
(2023) SOLM02 20231Department of Sociology of Law
- Abstract
- Children's rights are a crucial area of research since children are among the most vulnerable groups in every society. The state laws, including the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), set out the rights of children and prescribes the obligations of governments and adults to ensure their protection, provision for their needs and grant them the right to participate in the decisions which affect their lives. Thus, the aim of this thesis is to explore the implementation of these rights and its relevant themes pointed out by the academic works in the Brazilian educational setting. For this study, I had to conduct a literature review that took into account the international as well as Brazilian literature published in... (More)
- Children's rights are a crucial area of research since children are among the most vulnerable groups in every society. The state laws, including the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), set out the rights of children and prescribes the obligations of governments and adults to ensure their protection, provision for their needs and grant them the right to participate in the decisions which affect their lives. Thus, the aim of this thesis is to explore the implementation of these rights and its relevant themes pointed out by the academic works in the Brazilian educational setting. For this study, I had to conduct a literature review that took into account the international as well as Brazilian literature published in recent years. This was necessary because previous Brazilian studies focused solely on domestic legislation and did not consider the CRC. As a theoretical socio-legal framework I decided to use the living law theory in a bottom-up approach. To achieve the goals, I did ethnography fieldwork in two schools to generate data that would provide me with the necessary experiences to analyse the problem. I present my results in a description in which I promote a dialogue among my findings and the literature, but also a dialogue between law in books and law in action (schools’ living law). The thesis concludes that the rights to protection and provision are well established in the school environment. However, participation is a right not granted to students. This thesis aims to contribute to the living law understanding of children rights in education setting, and also to the academic and social debate on how implement the absent rights. (Less)
- Abstract (Portuguese)
- Os direitos da criança são uma área essencial de pesquisa, uma vez que as crianças estão entre os grupos mais vulneráveis em qualquer sociedade. As leis estatais, incluindo a Convenção das Nações Unidas sobre os Direitos da Criança (CDC), estabelecem os direitos da criança e prescrevem as obrigações dos governos e adultos para garantir sua proteção, suprir a provisão necessária e conceder-lhes o direito de participar em decisões que afetam suas vidas. Assim, o objetivo desta tese é explorar a implementação desses direitos e seus temas relevantes apontados pela academia no cenário educacional brasileiro. Para este estudo, tive que realizar uma revisão de literatura que levou em consideração a literatura internacional e a brasileira... (More)
- Os direitos da criança são uma área essencial de pesquisa, uma vez que as crianças estão entre os grupos mais vulneráveis em qualquer sociedade. As leis estatais, incluindo a Convenção das Nações Unidas sobre os Direitos da Criança (CDC), estabelecem os direitos da criança e prescrevem as obrigações dos governos e adultos para garantir sua proteção, suprir a provisão necessária e conceder-lhes o direito de participar em decisões que afetam suas vidas. Assim, o objetivo desta tese é explorar a implementação desses direitos e seus temas relevantes apontados pela academia no cenário educacional brasileiro. Para este estudo, tive que realizar uma revisão de literatura que levou em consideração a literatura internacional e a brasileira publicada nos últimos anos. Isso foi necessário porque os estudos brasileiros anteriores focavam apenas na legislação doméstica e não consideravam a CDC. Como arcabouço teórico sócio-jurídico, decidi usar a teoria do living law (direito vivo, numa tradução livre) em uma abordagem de baixo para cima (procurando entender o ponto de vista a quem é direcionado a lei; no caso, as crianças). Para atingir os objetivos, fiz um trabalho de campo etnográfico em duas escolas para gerar dados que me proporcionassem as experiências necessárias para analisar o problema. Apresento meus resultados em uma descrição em que promovo um diálogo entre os meus achados e a literatura, mas também um diálogo entre o direito nos livros e o direito em ação (living law das escolas). A tese conclui que os direitos de proteção e provisão estão bem estabelecidos no ambiente escolar. No entanto, a participação é um direito não concedido aos estudantes. Esta tese pretende contribuir para a compreensão living law da criança em contexto educativo, bem como para o debate acadêmico e social acerca da forma de concretizar os direitos ausentes. (Less)
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- author
- Soares De Carvalho, Alexandre LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOLM02 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- sociology of law, living law, Children’s rights, Convention on the Rights of the Child, school setting, education
- language
- English
- id
- 9118552
- date added to LUP
- 2023-06-27 14:58:52
- date last changed
- 2023-06-27 14:58:52
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abstract = {{Children's rights are a crucial area of research since children are among the most vulnerable groups in every society. The state laws, including the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), set out the rights of children and prescribes the obligations of governments and adults to ensure their protection, provision for their needs and grant them the right to participate in the decisions which affect their lives. Thus, the aim of this thesis is to explore the implementation of these rights and its relevant themes pointed out by the academic works in the Brazilian educational setting. For this study, I had to conduct a literature review that took into account the international as well as Brazilian literature published in recent years. This was necessary because previous Brazilian studies focused solely on domestic legislation and did not consider the CRC. As a theoretical socio-legal framework I decided to use the living law theory in a bottom-up approach. To achieve the goals, I did ethnography fieldwork in two schools to generate data that would provide me with the necessary experiences to analyse the problem. I present my results in a description in which I promote a dialogue among my findings and the literature, but also a dialogue between law in books and law in action (schools’ living law). The thesis concludes that the rights to protection and provision are well established in the school environment. However, participation is a right not granted to students. This thesis aims to contribute to the living law understanding of children rights in education setting, and also to the academic and social debate on how implement the absent rights.}},
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language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Children’s Rights in Brazilian Schools: A Living Law Informed Ethnography}},
year = {{2023}},
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