Children, politics and communication

Participation at the margins

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

Even after 20 years of children's rights and new thinking about childhood, children are still frequently seen as apolitical. All over the world there has been a growing emphasis on 'participation', but much of this is adult-led, and spaces for children's individual and collective autonomy are limited. "Children, politics and communication" questions many of the conventional ways in which children are perceived. It focuses on the politics of children's communication, in two senses: children as political actors, and the micropolitics of children's interaction with each other and with adults. It looks at how children and young people communicate and engage, how they organise themselves and their lives, and how they deal with conflict in their relationships and the world around them. These are children at the margins, in various ways, but they are not victims; they are finding ways to take charge of their own lives.The book is also about adults and how they can interact with children and young people in ways that are sensitive to children's feelings, empowering and supportive of their attempts to be autonomous. With international contributions from a range of disciplines, "Children, politics and communication" is timely and relevant for policy makers, practitioners and researchers engaging with children and young people.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-05-06
Mått:156 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt:385 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:Bristol University Press
ISBN:9781847421845

Utforska kategorier

Sociala grupper och identitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Nigel Thomas is Professor of Childhood and Youth Research at the University of Central Lancashire and co-director of The Centre, which promotes and researches children's and young people's participation, inclusion and empowerment.

Recensioner i media

"Focusing on children who live at the margins of society, this book presents strong arguments for taking their knowledge, experience and wishes seriously as contributions to social and political decision making, and for creating spaces for children's autonomy." Professor Berry Mayall, Institute of Education, University of London

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Children, politics and communication ~ Nigel Thomas; Charting change in the participatory settings of childhood: a very modest beginning ~ Roger Hart; Children's autonomous organisation: reflections from the ground ~ Vicky Johnson; The children of Loxicha: participation beyond the UNCRC rhetoric? ~ Anne-Marie Smith; Displaced children's participation in political violence: towards greater understanding of mobilisation ~ Jason Hart; Between a rock and a hard place: negotiating age and identity in the UK asylum system ~ Heaven Crawley; Understanding silences and secrets when working with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children ~ Ravi Kohli; Doing Britishness: multilingual practices, creativity and criticality of British Chinese children ~ Li Wei with Zhu Hua and Chao-Jung Wu; Closings in young children's disputes: resolution, dissipation and teacher intervention ~ Amelia Church; Keeping connected: textual cohesion and textual selves, how young people stay together online ~ Julia Davies; Conclusion: autonomy, dialogue and recognition ~ Nigel Thomas.