Conditional Citizens Rethinking Children and Young People’s Participation /

• Main Author: Hartung, Catherine (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Perspectives on Children and Young People, 5
• Subjects: Psychology.; Youth > Social life and customs.; Educational sociology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Social policy.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Child and School Psychology.; Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.; Children, Youth and Family Policy.; Sociology of Education.; Youth Culture.

This book challenges readers to recognise the conditions that underpin popular approaches to children and young people’s participation, as well as the key processes and institutions that have enabled its rise as a global force of social change in new times. The book draws on the vast international l...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The young citizen in new times
• Citizenship, rights and all things nice
• Behind the scenes: key sites governing the young citizen
• A sense of autonomy: rethinking children and young people’s ‘agency'
• Selective hearing: rethinking children and young people’s ‘voice’
• Making a difference: rethinking children and young people’s ‘change’
• Conclusion.