Katie Wright is Associate Professor of Sociology at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. She conducts historically grounded sociological research into social change activism, commissions of inquiry, memories of childhood, and therapeutic cultures.Julie McLeod is Professor of Curriculum, Equity and Social Change at the University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education, Australia. Her research is in the history and sociology of education and encompasses curriculum, youth, gender, and citizenship.

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• Chapter 1. Activism, Rights and Hope: Young People and Their Advocates Mobilising for Social Change; Katie Wright and Julie McleodChapter 2. Discovering Children’s Voices: Debating Children’s Rights and Participation in the International Year of the Child (1979); Isobelle Barrett MeyeringChapter 3. Adults Claiming Child Rights: Activism, Temporality and Abuse in Childhood; Katie Wright, Malin Arvidsson, Johanna Sköld, Shurlee Swain, and Sari BraithwaiteChapter 4. ‘When we can’t vote, action is all we have’: Student Climate Politics, Rights and Justice; Philippa Collin, Judith Bessant, and Rob WattsChapter 5. Appearing as Impossible Subjects on the Scene of Education: Potato Smashing, Laying on Couch and Asking for a Key; Maija Lanas, Maria Petäjäniemi, Anne-Mari Väisänen, Kaisu Alamikkelä, Iida Kauhanen, and Kirsi YlinivaChapter 6. "Pipe down silly girl": The Silencing, Vilification and Discrediting of Girl Activists; Lindy CameronChapter 7. Young People’s Climate Activism and Wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand; Jenny RitchieChapter 8. Young People’s Activism in Rural Communities: A Mixed-Methods Case Study With Young People From a Rural Municipality in Germany; Janina SuppersChapter 9. Red vs. Blue, Black vs. White, and Other State Factors in the 2018 Parkland School Shooting Protests in the US; Roberto S. SalvaChapter 10. Citizenship Educators’ Vision of Young People’s Activism in Asian Society: A Qualitative Case Study of Secondary School Teachers in Japan; Chika HosodaChapter 11. Adults as Advocates: How Sexual Abuse Was Put on the Child Rights Map in India; Therese Boje MortensenChapter 12. The Kids are Alt-Right (and Progressive, Conservative, Radical, etc): Selective Advocacy in Childhood and Youth Studies; Catherine Hartung

Katie Wright is Associate Professor of Sociology at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. She conducts historically grounded sociological research into social change activism, commissions of inquiry, memories of childhood, and therapeutic cultures.Julie McLeod is Professor of Curriculum, Equity and Social Change at the University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education, Australia. Her research is in the history and sociology of education and encompasses curriculum, youth, gender, and citizenship.

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• Chapter 1. Activism, Rights and Hope: Young People and Their Advocates Mobilising for Social Change; Katie Wright and Julie McleodChapter 2. Discovering Children’s Voices: Debating Children’s Rights and Participation in the International Year of the Child (1979); Isobelle Barrett MeyeringChapter 3. Adults Claiming Child Rights: Activism, Temporality and Abuse in Childhood; Katie Wright, Malin Arvidsson, Johanna Sköld, Shurlee Swain, and Sari BraithwaiteChapter 4. ‘When we can’t vote, action is all we have’: Student Climate Politics, Rights and Justice; Philippa Collin, Judith Bessant, and Rob WattsChapter 5. Appearing as Impossible Subjects on the Scene of Education: Potato Smashing, Laying on Couch and Asking for a Key; Maija Lanas, Maria Petäjäniemi, Anne-Mari Väisänen, Kaisu Alamikkelä, Iida Kauhanen, and Kirsi YlinivaChapter 6. "Pipe down silly girl": The Silencing, Vilification and Discrediting of Girl Activists; Lindy CameronChapter 7. Young People’s Climate Activism and Wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand; Jenny RitchieChapter 8. Young People’s Activism in Rural Communities: A Mixed-Methods Case Study With Young People From a Rural Municipality in Germany; Janina SuppersChapter 9. Red vs. Blue, Black vs. White, and Other State Factors in the 2018 Parkland School Shooting Protests in the US; Roberto S. SalvaChapter 10. Citizenship Educators’ Vision of Young People’s Activism in Asian Society: A Qualitative Case Study of Secondary School Teachers in Japan; Chika HosodaChapter 11. Adults as Advocates: How Sexual Abuse Was Put on the Child Rights Map in India; Therese Boje MortensenChapter 12. The Kids are Alt-Right (and Progressive, Conservative, Radical, etc): Selective Advocacy in Childhood and Youth Studies; Catherine Hartung

Katie Wright is Associate Professor of Sociology at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. She conducts historically grounded sociological research into social change activism, commissions of inquiry, memories of childhood, and therapeutic cultures.Julie McLeod is Professor of Curriculum, Equity and Social Change at the University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education, Australia. Her research is in the history and sociology of education and encompasses curriculum, youth, gender, and citizenship.

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• Chapter 1. Activism, Rights and Hope: Young People and Their Advocates Mobilising for Social Change; Katie Wright and Julie McleodChapter 2. Discovering Children’s Voices: Debating Children’s Rights and Participation in the International Year of the Child (1979); Isobelle Barrett MeyeringChapter 3. Adults Claiming Child Rights: Activism, Temporality and Abuse in Childhood; Katie Wright, Malin Arvidsson, Johanna Sköld, Shurlee Swain, and Sari BraithwaiteChapter 4. ‘When we can’t vote, action is all we have’: Student Climate Politics, Rights and Justice; Philippa Collin, Judith Bessant, and Rob WattsChapter 5. Appearing as Impossible Subjects on the Scene of Education: Potato Smashing, Laying on Couch and Asking for a Key; Maija Lanas, Maria Petäjäniemi, Anne-Mari Väisänen, Kaisu Alamikkelä, Iida Kauhanen, and Kirsi YlinivaChapter 6. "Pipe down silly girl": The Silencing, Vilification and Discrediting of Girl Activists; Lindy CameronChapter 7. Young People’s Climate Activism and Wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand; Jenny RitchieChapter 8. Young People’s Activism in Rural Communities: A Mixed-Methods Case Study With Young People From a Rural Municipality in Germany; Janina SuppersChapter 9. Red vs. Blue, Black vs. White, and Other State Factors in the 2018 Parkland School Shooting Protests in the US; Roberto S. SalvaChapter 10. Citizenship Educators’ Vision of Young People’s Activism in Asian Society: A Qualitative Case Study of Secondary School Teachers in Japan; Chika HosodaChapter 11. Adults as Advocates: How Sexual Abuse Was Put on the Child Rights Map in India; Therese Boje MortensenChapter 12. The Kids are Alt-Right (and Progressive, Conservative, Radical, etc): Selective Advocacy in Childhood and Youth Studies; Catherine Hartung