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Young people's participation is an urgent policy and practice
concern across countries and context. This book showcases original
research evidence and analysis to consider how, under what
conditions and for what purposes young people participate in
different parts of Europe. Focusing on the interplay between the
concepts of youth, inequality and participation, this book explores
how structural changes, including economic austerity, neoliberal
policies and new patterns of migration, affect the conditions of
young people's participation and its aims. With contributions from
a range of subject experts, including young people themselves, the
book challenges current policies and practices on young people's
participation. It asks how young people can be better supported to
take part in social change and decision-making and what can be
learnt from young people's own initiatives.
This text provides a comprehensive overview of the issues, research
and debates relating to children and the experience of childhood in
late 20th-century Britain. It addresses such key issues as child
poverty, juvenile crime, child protection and childrens' rights and
their implications for the development of policy and the provision
of services for children. A key feature of the book is its
examination of the changing nature of childhood, both in terms of
adult and child expectations and perceptions. In addition, the book
provides a synthesis of recent empirical research, theory and
policy and presents first-hand accounts from children and parents.
Provides a comprehensive overview of the issues, research and
debates relating to children and the experience of childhood in
late twentieth century Britain. This volume will address key issues
such as juvenile crime, poverty, child protection and children's
rights and their implications for the development of policy and
services for children. Presents first hand accounts from children
and parents.
This book challenges the current state of childhood studies by
exploring children and young people's agency and relationships. It
considers how recent theorisations of relationships and relational
processes can move childhood studies forward, particularly in
relation to re-thinking claims of children and young people's
agency and uncritical assertions around children and young people's
participation and voice. It does this by bringing together case
studies of children's inter-generational and intra-generational
relationships from both the Majority and Minority Worlds. The main
themes include negotiated power, agency across contexts and
negotiations of identity. The chapters show both the heritage of
childhood studies, particularly within the UK, and where it may be
going. One of the key aims of the book is to add to the limited but
growing cross-world dialogue that encourages cross-cultural
learning from research and practice in both Majority and Minority
World contexts leading towards a more integrated global approach to
childhood studies. This book was published as a special issue of
Children's Geographies.
The book provides an advanced, accessible text for childhood
studies, which is suitable and challenging for those coming from
practice, different parts of the world and from a range of
disciplines. Key ideas within childhood studies are introduced,
from agency to intersectionality to children’s rights. Addressing
children and young people under the age of 18, the book combines
concepts from seminal texts with challenging, critical views and
alternatives, to stimulate readers to develop their own analysis
and apply the results to their own interests. It reveals how
childhood studies draws on a rich and deserve range of perspectives
from child development, educational studies, history, human rights,
media studies, philosophy, public health, race and ethnicity
studies, to social anthropology. The book is organised around five
sections: - foundations of childhood studies - childhood studies
meets other disciplines - childhood studies meets children’s
rights studies - intersectional perspectives on childhood -
childhood studies in practice Each section includes commentaries
from international experts based in Australia, Brazil, the UK, the
USA and Zimbabwe. The book also includes a range of pedagogical
features including guiding questions and challenge tasks, quotes
from current and previous students, a glossary of terms, as well as
a companion website with self-test quizzes, short videos from the
authors, students and international scholars.
Young people's participation is an urgent policy and practice
concern across countries and context. This book showcases original
research evidence and analysis to consider how, under what
conditions and for what purposes young people participate in
different parts of Europe. Focusing on the interplay between the
concepts of youth, inequality and participation, this book explores
how structural changes, including economic austerity, neoliberal
policies and new patterns of migration, affect the conditions of
young people's participation and its aims. With contributions from
a range of subject experts, including young people themselves, the
book challenges current policies and practices on young people's
participation. It asks how young people can be better supported to
take part in social change and decision-making and what can be
learnt from young people's own initiatives.
This book asks how far and in what way social inclusion policies
are meeting the needs and rights of children and young people.
Leading authors write from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines
including social policy, education, geography and sociology. The
book critically examines the concepts of participation and social
inclusion and their links with children and childhoods and
considers the geography of social inclusion and exclusion. It
explores young people's own conceptualisations of social inclusion
and exclusion; and examines how these concepts have been expressed
in policy at various levels. The book concludes with an agenda for
progressing participation and social inclusion, both for and with
children and young people. "Children, young people and social
inclusion" will be of interest to academics, students and policy
makers, as well as to a wide range of practitioners including
teachers, youth workers, participation workers and those working in
interagency settings.
The book provides an advanced, accessible text for childhood
studies, which is suitable and challenging for those coming from
practice, different parts of the world and from a range of
disciplines. Key ideas within childhood studies are introduced,
from agency to intersectionality to children’s rights. Addressing
children and young people under the age of 18, the book combines
concepts from seminal texts with challenging, critical views and
alternatives, to stimulate readers to develop their own analysis
and apply the results to their own interests. It reveals how
childhood studies draws on a rich and deserve range of perspectives
from child development, educational studies, history, human rights,
media studies, philosophy, public health, race and ethnicity
studies, to social anthropology. The book is organised around five
sections: - foundations of childhood studies - childhood studies
meets other disciplines - childhood studies meets children’s
rights studies - intersectional perspectives on childhood -
childhood studies in practice Each section includes commentaries
from international experts based in Australia, Brazil, the UK, the
USA and Zimbabwe. The book also includes a range of pedagogical
features including guiding questions and challenge tasks, quotes
from current and previous students, a glossary of terms, as well as
a companion website with self-test quizzes, short videos from the
authors, students and international scholars.
Challenging Child Protection offers a ground-breaking new
perspective which will illuminate and improve the professional
understanding and practice of social workers and child protection
workers. Taking a fresh look at the principles underlying child
protection, this book provides a thought-provoking analysis of the
evidence base which underpins professional understanding and
intervention. It outlines the ways in which agencies have worked to
prevent child abuse and neglect and traces key changes in UK
policy, as well as situating these amid wider trends in Europe.
With contributions from a wide variety of disciplines, including
philosophy and anthropology, this is a uniquely diverse collection
of academic perspectives. This book challenges our conceptions of
child protection and encourages readers to think critically about
why children are harmed by adults, how society views child abuse
and how this informs practice.
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