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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821751203321

Titolo

Hearing the voices of children : social policy for a new century / / edited by Christine Hallett and Alan Prout

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeFalmer, 2003

ISBN

9781134474981

1134474989

9781134474998

1134474997

9780415276429

041527642X

9781280049224

1280049227

9780203464618

0203464613

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

The future of childhood series

Altri autori (Persone)

HallettChristine

ProutAlan (Alan Stanley)

Disciplina

306/.083

Soggetti

Children and politics

Children - Political activity

Children - Attitudes

Social policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Participation policy and the changing conditions of childhood; 2 Children's participation in policy matters; 3 Children's participation through community development assessing the lessons from international experience; 4 Citizen child London children's participation in the Office of the Children's Rights Commissioner for London; 5 Finnish conceptions of children and the history of child welfare; 6 The needy child and the naturalization of politics political debate in Germany



7 Contradictory and convergent trends in law and policy affecting children in England8 Young people and welfare negotiating pathways; 9  Could have helped but they didn't the formal and informal support systems experienced by children living with domestic violence; 10 Children's participation in family law matters; 11 The social construction of competence and problem behaviour among children; 12 Reconstructing disability childhood and social poli

Sommario/riassunto

The main theme of this book is the emergence of 'the child's voice' and the implications of this for social policy across countries and continents.