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Assignment:
Pick 3 questions from the choices below. Summarize paraphrase and cite arguments from relevant articles/textbook chapters questions chosen about (1200 wrd) for each 3 questions chosen. Each response should contain thesis statement and about three main points in the body of the text.
1) How are children framed in international relations? Define "children" and discuss the variety of ways they are depicted in international relations, providing examples. What are some of the problems with depicting children in these specific ways?
2) Pick your favorite movie involving children or youth as main characters. Describe the ways in which the experiences of the children in this movie violate the UNCRC. Please provide specific examples and relate each situation to a specific article of the CRC.
3) What are the objections of the USA to ratifying the UNCRC? Do you think these objections may be overcome in the future? What are some of the challenges posed by lack of US ratification for the treaty? What are some of the losses for the US due to lack of ratification?
4) How are images of suffering children utilized in international relations? Please provide specificexamples and draw on the relevant sets of reading assignments.
5) Discuss the differences between the Caretaker position and the Free Ranger position regarding children. What are the pros/cons of each approach? Which one do you find more persuasive?
6) Are there instances when Articles 3 and 12 of UNCRC might clash? Explain and provide examples. Discuss with relevance to children's agency in international relations.
7) How do children show their agency in international relations? Please discuss with examples and in reference to different types of agencies.
8) Many articles pointed out that Girls are "double discriminated" in international relations. Discuss the ways girls are victimized or reified in International Relations and provide specific examples of what political goals these might accomplish.