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International Perspectives and Empirical Findings on Child Participation - From Social Exclusion to Child-Inclusive Policies (Hardcover)
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International Perspectives and Empirical Findings on Child Participation - From Social Exclusion to Child-Inclusive Policies (Hardcover)
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The 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has inspired
advocates and policy makers across the globe, injecting children's
rights terminology into various public and private arenas.
Children's right to participate in decision-making processes
affecting their lives is the acme of the Convention and its central
contribution to the children's rights discourse. At the same time
the participation right presents enormous challenges in its
implementation. Laws, regulations and mechanisms addressing
children's right to participate in decision-making processes
affecting their lives have been established in many jurisdictions
across the globe. Yet these worldwide developments have only rarely
been accompanied with empirical investigations. The effectiveness
of various policies in achieving meaningful participation for
children of different ages, cultures and circumstances have
remained largely unproven empirically. Therefore, with the growing
awareness of the importance of evidence-based policies, it becomes
clear that without empirical investigations on the implementation
of children's right to participation it is difficult to promote
their effective inclusion in decision making. This book provides a
much-needed, first broad portrayal of how child participation is
implemented in practice today. Bringing together 19 chapters
written by prominent authors from the United States, Canada, the
United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and Israel, the
book includes descriptions of innovating programs that engage
children and youth in decision-making processes, as well as
insightful findings regarding what children, their families, and
professionals think about these programs. Beyond their contribution
to the empirical evidence on ways children engage in
decision-making processes, the book's chapters contribute to the
theoretical development of the meaning of "participation",
"citizenship", "inclusiveness", and "relational rights" in regards
to children and youth. There is no matching to the book's scope
both in terms of the diversity of jurisdictions that it covers as
well as the breadth of subjects. The book's chapters include
experiences of child participation in special education, child
protection, juvenile justice, restorative justice, family disputes,
research, and policy making.
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