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The introduction outlines the rationale underpinning this volume which can be attributed to both the personal and the academic. In particular, it reviews existing portrayals of childhoods in contexts in the South, examines the reasons behind this and illuminates the concerns this raises for both the study of childhoods and children’s rights in the Global South as well as the North. It calls for the need for a more holistic approach to the study of Southern childhoods and children’s rights realization and demonstrates how this volume, with its focus on Ghana, contributes to developing this approach. Finally it outlines the structure of the book, providing a breakdown of the focus of each chapter as well as summarizes the research studies from which data presented in the volume are based.

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