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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254792703321

Autore

Hartung Catherine

Titolo

Conditional Citizens : Rethinking Children and Young People’s Participation / / by Catherine Hartung

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

981-10-3938-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXIII, 147 p.)

Collana

Perspectives on Children and Young People, , 2365-2985 ; ; 5

Disciplina

155.40926

Soggetti

School Psychology

Sociology

Social groups

Family policy

Educational sociology

Youth - Social life and customs

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

Children, Youth and Family Policy

Sociology of Education

Youth Culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The young citizen in new times -- Citizenship, rights and all things nice -- Behind the scenes: key sites governing the young citizen -- A sense of autonomy: rethinking children and young people’s ‘agency' -- Selective hearing: rethinking children and young people’s ‘voice’ -- Making a difference: rethinking children and young people’s ‘change’ -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book challenges readers to recognise the conditions that underpin popular approaches to children and young people’s participation, as well as the key processes and institutions that have enabled its rise as a global force of social change in new times. The book draws on the vast international literature, as well as interviews with key practitioners, policy-makers, activists, delegates and academics from Japan, South Africa, Brazil, Nicaragua, Australia, the United Kingdom, Finland, the



United States and Italy to examine the emergence of the young citizen as a key global priority in the work of the UN, NGOs, government and academia. In so doing, the book engages contemporary and interdisciplinary debates around citizenship, rights, childhood and youth to examine the complex conditions through which children and young people are governed and invited to govern themselves. The book argues that much of what is considered ‘children and young people’s participation’ today is part of a wider neoliberal project that emphasises an ideal young citizen who is responsible and rational while simultaneously downplaying the role of systemic inequality and potentially reinforcing rather than overcoming children and young people’s subjugation. Yet the book also moves beyond mere critique and offers suggestive ways to broaden our understanding of children and young people’s participation by drawing on 15 international examples of empirical research from around the world, including the Philippines, Bangladesh, the United Kingdom, North America, Finland, South Africa, Australia and Latin America. These examples provoke practitioners, policy-makers and academics to think differently about children and young people and the possibilities for their participatory citizenship beyond that which serves the political agendas of dominant interest groups.