Children, young people and social inclusion : : Participation for what? / / ed. by Kay Tisdall, John Davis, Malcolm Hill, Alan Prout.

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 o...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2006]
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Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on contributors
  • Introduction
  • Children and poverty
  • Childhood poverty: a barrier to social participation and inclusion
  • Children’s perspectives on social exclusion and resilience in disadvantaged urban communities
  • Children and the local economy: another way to achieve social inclusion
  • Participation: politics and policy
  • Reconnecting and extending the research agenda on children’s participation: mutual incentives and the participation chain
  • Included in governance? Children’s participation in ‘public’ decision making
  • The Irish National Children’s Strategy: lessons for promoting the social inclusion of children and young people
  • International developments in children’s participation: lessons and challenges
  • Opening up theoretical spaces for inclusion and participation
  • Spaces of participation and inclusion?
  • From children’s services to children’s spaces
  • Child–adult relations in social space
  • Participation with purpose
  • Conclusion: social inclusion, the welfare state and understanding children’s participation
  • Index