A handbook of children and young people's participation [[electronic resource] ] : perspectives from theory and practice / / edited by Barry Percy-Smith and Nigel Thomas

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778056003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2009
• ISBN: 1-135-26763-4; 1-282-25724-2; 1-78034-676-X; 9786612257247; 0-203-87107-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (401 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): Percy-SmithBarry; ThomasNigel <1950->
• Disciplina: 305.23; 323/.042083
• Soggetti: Children's rights; Participation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Foreword; Introduction; Part I Children's participation: Progress and challenges; 1 The realisation of children's participation rights: Critical reflections; 2 Challenges of participatory practice with children; 3 Children's participation in Bangladesh: Issues of agency and structures of violence; Part II Learning about children's participation in practice; 4 Children's participation in armed conflict and postconflict peace building; 5 The participation of children living in the poorest and most difficult situations; 6 Dikwankwetla - Children in Action: Children's participation in the law reform process in South AfricaCommentary 1: Participation in contexts of social change; 7 Younger children's individual participation in 'all matters affecting the child'; 8 Disabled children and participation in the UK: Reality or rhetoric?; 9 Participation among young people with mental health issues: Redefining the boundaries; 10 Advocacy for ; children in family group conferences: Reflections on personal and public decision making; Commentary 2: Reflections on the participation of particular groups; 11 Questioning understandings of children's participation: Applying a cross-cultural lens12 The construction of childhood and the socialisation of children in Ghana: Implications for the implementation of Article 12 of the CRC; 13 Youth participation in indigenous traditional communities; Commentary 3: Participation in the traps of cultural diversity; 14 Rights through evaluation and understanding children's realities; 15 Children's participation in school and community: European perspectives; 16 Building towards effective participation: A learning-based network approach to youth participation17 Getting the measure of children and young people's participation: An exploration of practice in Wales; Commentary 4: Methods and frameworks; 18 'No one ever listens to us': Challenging obstacles to the participation of children and young people in Rwanda; 19 Child reporters as agents of change; 20 'Pathways to participation' revisited: Learning from Nicaragua's child coffee workers; 21 Students as professionals: The London Secondary School Councils Action Research Project; Commentary 5: On strategies and practices22 Children's participation in citizenship and governance; 23 Maintaining the status quo?: Appraising the effectiveness of youth councils in Scotland; 24 More than crumbs from the table: A critique of youth parliaments as models of representation for marginalised young people; 25 Nil desperandum as long as you carpe diem; 26 In search of agency: Participation in a youth organisation in Turkey; Commentary 6: Spaces and structures Looking from the outside; PART III New theoretical perspectives; 27 Children's participation as a struggle over recognition: Exploring the promise of dialogue
• Sommario/riassunto: A Handbook of Children and Young People's Participation brings together key thinkers and practitioners from diverse contexts across the globe to provide an authoritative overview of contemporary theory and practice around children's participation. Promoting the participation of children and young people - in decision-making and policy development, and as active contributors to everyday family and community life - has become a central part of policy and programme initiatives in both majority and minority worlds. This book presents the most useful recent work in children's par