Towards a Theory of Children's Participation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5821071 |
|---|---|
| Authors | N P Thomas (0000-0002-5310-9144, 1Childhood Studies, University of Wales Swansea), Nigel Thomas (0000-0001-6687-1130) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 199-218 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of Children s Rights (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0927-5568 • E-ISSN: 1571-8182 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/092755607x206489 |
| OpenAlex | W2087754001 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 161 |
| References cited | 14 |
framework for understanding what we mean when we talk about 'children's participation'. It does this by mapping some of the territory denoted by 'children's participation', reviewing some of the criticisms that have made of participatory practice, and looking at some ways of conceptualising the field using a combination of existing models and new concepts from political and social theory, in particular from the work of Young and Bourdieu
Citizen journalism · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Early Childhood Education and Development · Engineering · Gender Studies · Law · Mathematics · Participatory Visual Research Methods
On your Marx, Escobar, Bourdieu
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An Analysis of Policies and Legislation Relating to Child Participation by Children in Alternative Care in South Africa
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The youth manifesto towards Africa’s democratization
Parents’ accounts of (missing) support
Children’s participation in early childhood education
“ I do not want to cause additional pain … ”–child protection workers’ perspectives on child participation in child protection practice
Opening up spatial planning to the participation of children and youth
Breaking the silence
Playing a part in preschool documentation
A Magna Carta for Children
Going Spatial, Going Relational
The (im)possibility of children's participation in professional theatre
What children think about their rights and their well-being
The subjective importance of children’s participation rights
The Experiences and Perceptions of Sexually Abused Children as Participants in the Legal Process
Co‐producing research with youth
Institutions et modèles d’enfance contemporains
The Opportunities, Challenges, and Rewards of “Community Peer Research”
A scoping review of student involvement in curriculum development and reform
Participation in decision-making in out-of-home care in Australia
Child-Friendly Legal Aid and Individual Assessment of Children in Conflict with the Law
Debates on youth participation
Participation of youth in decision‐making procedures during residential care
Active but not independent
Children as Public Actors
Measuring Children's Experience of Their Right to Participate in School and Community
How Children and Young People Influence Policy‐Makers
Children and Young People Living Through a Serious Family Illness
If the Social Worker had Called at Least it Would Show they Cared’. Young Care Leaver’s Perspectives on the Importance of Care
Stressing Equality or Embracing Diversity? How Teen Activists Navigate Societal Beliefs About Youth Activism
It’s the way they do it’
Young People as Co‐producers in Policing across England. An Evaluation of the ‘Youth Commission’ on Police and Crime
How do childhood and children's rights mean what they mean? Innovating the debate around the social semantics of childhood and children's rights through an interdisciplinary approach
Why Research ‘by’ Children? Rethinking the Assumptions Underlying the Facilitation of Children as Researchers
Children's Engagement as Urban Researchers and Consultants in Aotearoa/New Zealand
Creating a culture of participation
Supporting Children’s Social and Emotional Well-being
A Review of Children’s Rights Literature Since the Adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Protagonist and intergenerational participation in public policies through the mosaic approach method
Public participation in mental health programming
Children’s Views Are Not Taken Into Account in Accordance With Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in the Family Talk Intervention When a Parent Is Cared for in Palliative Care
Pupils' participation roles in school-based physical activity in the context of physically active learning and recess
Dying 2 Talk
Children’s Participation, Progressive Autonomy, and Agency for Inclusive Education in Schools
The Politics of Young Children through the ‘Epistemologies of the South’
Discourses about Daily Activity Contracts
Experiences of Adolescent Participation in Educational Institutions in Croatia
Transforming the Balance of Power? Child First Collaboration
Challenges to measuring Chinese students’ perceptions of freedom of expression
The Convention on the Rights of the Child and its conception of childhood
The Transformation of Participation? Exploring the Potential of ‘Transformative Participation’ for Theory and Practice around Children and Young People's Participation
Theorizing children’s global citizenship
The Relation Between Children's Participation in Their Daily life and Their Subjective Well-Being
Is Participation a Way to Promote the Subjective Well-Being of Children in Out-of-Home Care? A Scoping Review
Children’s Participation in Decisions Affecting their School Life in China
Empowering Children and Young People as Researchers
Conditions for Change for Children and Young People’s Participation in Evaluation
Measuring Children’s Participation
(Re)examining the Relationship Between Children’s Subjective Wellbeing and Their Perceptions of Participation Rights
Client Agency in Child Protection Work in Estonia
Service evaluation of a training initiative in participatory practice with children and young people for early help professionals
Ethnographic research in childhood institutions
From injustice to justice
Empowering New Agents of Civil Society or Fostering Good Citizens? Framing Youth Participation in Finnish Youth Organizations
La participation de l’enfant en protection de l’enfance
Researching family migration decision‐making
Childhood internal migration in Europe
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Between protection and participation
Participation, consultation, confusion
Councils, consultations and community
Exploring children’s participation in the framework of early childhood environmental education
International development aid and young people's participation in societal development of the global south
Challenges of participation in child welfare
On the margins of citizenship
Transforming youth participation? Examining co-production in a school based time bank
Who benefits? A critical reflection of children and young people’s participation in sensitive research
Beyond the familiar challenges for children and young people’s participation rights
Playing Catch-up in the Schoolyard? Children and Young People's 'Voice' and Education Rights in the UK
It's about changing services and building relationships’
Wishes and feelings’
Children's participation in LAC reviews
Children as capable evaluators
Parents' involvement in care order decisions
Social workers' perceptions of children's right to participation
Performing the Political through Public Space
Spaces for Youth Participation and Youth Empowerment
Structural and Cultural Othering
We Want Freedom Not Just Safety’
Participation Rights in Youth Sport
Social recognition matters
Invitation to Research
Ethics and Evaluative Consultations with Children in Small to Mid-Sized Australian Non-Government Organisations
Power and poverty
Citizenship and Social Class
Participation and Democratic Theory
Inclusion and Democracy
The State of Democratic Theory
Sociological Paradigms and Organizational Analysis
The Logic of Practice
Having a say’
Participation—for a change
Moving the participation agenda forward
The Struggle for Recognition. The Moral Grammar of Social Conflicts
Young people’s explanations and experiences of social exclusion
Children, Family, and the State
Depoliticising development
| Unique citing works | 161 |
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| Citations per year | 5,75 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2026 (29) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 158 |