Nigel Thomas
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3674547 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Nigel Thomas |
| NOMBRES | Nigel |
| APELLIDO | Thomas |
| FIRMA | THOMAS N |
| AFILIACIONES | c 28 Howells Crescent, Llandaff, Cardiff, CF5 2AJ Phone: E-mail |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6687-1130 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 27 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 177 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 5 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1993 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2019 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Navigating the ambiguous policy landscape of student participation
Student participation at school is receiving heightened attention through international evidence connecting it to a range of benefits including student learning, engagement, citizenship and wellbeing, as well as to overall school improvement. Yet the notion of student participation remains an ambiguous concept, and one that challenges many deeply entrenched norms of traditional schooling.Informed by understandings of ‘participation’ linked to the…
Children’s Rights and the Law
Sociology of Childhood
The Role of Independent Human Rights Institutions for Children (Ihrics) in Africa in Raising Awareness about Children's Rights among Children
This article discusses implementation of the UNCRC 1989, by African Countries. It explores ways of using Independent Human Rights Institutions for Children (IHRIC) in Africa, to increase awareness of children's rights among children so that they (children) can participate and even lead in realizing their own rights. It is based on a qualitative design in two phases. Phase 1 was a documentary review of periodic reports from 25 African signatory st…
Conceptualisations of children's wellbeing at school
A large study in Australian schools aimed to elucidate understandings of 'wellbeing' and of factors in school life that contribute to it. Students and teachers understood wellbeing primarily, and holistically, in terms of interpersonal relationships, in contrast to policy documents which mainly focused on 'problem areas' such as mental health. The study also drew on recognition theory as developed by the social philosopher Axel Honneth. Results i…
Participation, Citizenship and Intergenerational Relations in Children and Young People’s Lives
Research about children and young people's participation and involvement in research is an emerging area of academic inquiry. Based on the themes of participation, citizenship and intergenerational re
The Multidimensional Spectrum of Imagination
A theory of the structure and cognitive function of the human imagination that attempts to do justice to traditional intuitions about its psychological centrality is developed, largely through a detailed critique of the theory propounded by Colin McGinn. Like McGinn, I eschew the highly deflationary views of imagination, common amongst analytical philosophers, that treat it either as a conceptually incoherent notion, or as psychologically trivial…
Obstacles for child participation in care and protection cases—why Norwegian social workers find it difficult
Although some attempts are being made to increase children's participation in Norwegian child protection cases, much needs to be done in order to comply with the participation principle in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This paper reports on a study of factors that are likely to predict if social workers will attempt to give children an effective voice in decision making processes. 53 child protection case managers and …
Love, rights and solidarity
Recent attempts to theorize children's participation have drawn on a wide range of ideas, concepts and models from political and social theory. The aim of this article is to explore the specific usefulness of Honneth's theory of a 'struggle for recognition' in thinking about this area of practice. The article identifies what is distinctive about Honneth's theory of recognition, and how it differs from other theories of recognition. It then consid…
The role and impact of independent children's rights institutions in the UK and Europe
The growth of independent children's rights institutions (usually known as Children's Commissioners and Ombudsmen) has been dramatic in recent years, in the British Isles and in Europe more generally. This article reviews some of the key characteristics of such institutions, and some of the key differences between them. It focuses in particular on two issues: independence, in the sense of independence from government and also independence from br…
Children, Politics and Communication
The Consumer in Public Services critiques established assumptions surrounding citizenship and consumption. Drawing on empirical research, it challenges existing stereotypes about the 'consumer as chooser' and shows how we must develop a more sophisticated understanding of consumers, examining their place and role as users of public services.
Children, politics and communication
Children, politics and communication
Children, politics and communication
Children, politics and communication
Towards a Theory of Children's Participation
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
Ramcat
Ramcat
Daniel Royot, l'Humour et la culture américaine
Daniel Royot, l'Humour et la culture américaine
The ‘inclusion’ of elite athletes with disabilities in the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games
The XVII 2002 Commonwealth Games held in Manchester, England, was the first major international multi-sport event to include elite athletes with disabilities (EADs) in its main sports programme and medal table. In this exploratory article we seek to examine some of the complex issues surrounding the inclusion of EADs in the Manchester Games by analysing the coverage afforded those athletes by six national British newspapers. The results suggest t…
Children, Family, and the State
Foreword by Malcolm Hill Introduction Theories of childhood Psychology of childhood Rights of childhood Children, parents and the state Children looked after by the state Doing research with children Patterns of participation Children's views Adults' views Making sense of the research Children's decisions and children's place
Children, Family and the State
This study of children's participation in decisions about their care draws on recent work in sociology and anthropology, psychology and legal philosophy in order to understand this challenging area of
Experiences of Decision-Making in Middle Childhood
This article is based on a study of children's participation in decisions when they are looked after by local authorities in England and Wales, which included individual and group interviews with 47 children. In the course of the research, children and their carers talked about their very varied experiences of involvement in decision-making, not just in the care system but in everyday life. The article recounts some of these experiences using chi…
Policy priorities in child protection
A growing consensus among researchers and practitioners that the current emphasis on identification and investigation of child abuse may be counter‐productive has been slow to produce changes at the policy level. Using the operation of interagency Area Child Protection Committees as an example, this paper suggests that professional and managerial perception of risk of public criticism or media exposure play a significant part in determining polic…
The Voice of the Child
The Voice of the Child
Towards a Theory of Children's Participation
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
Love, rights and solidarity
Recent attempts to theorize children's participation have drawn on a wide range of ideas, concepts and models from political and social theory. The aim of this article is to explore the specific usefulness of Honneth's theory of a 'struggle for recognition' in thinking about this area of practice. The article identifies what is distinctive about Honneth's theory of recognition, and how it differs from other theories of recognition. It then consid…
The ‘inclusion’ of elite athletes with disabilities in the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games
The XVII 2002 Commonwealth Games held in Manchester, England, was the first major international multi-sport event to include elite athletes with disabilities (EADs) in its main sports programme and medal table. In this exploratory article we seek to examine some of the complex issues surrounding the inclusion of EADs in the Manchester Games by analysing the coverage afforded those athletes by six national British newspapers. The results suggest t…
Conceptualisations of children's wellbeing at school
A large study in Australian schools aimed to elucidate understandings of 'wellbeing' and of factors in school life that contribute to it. Students and teachers understood wellbeing primarily, and holistically, in terms of interpersonal relationships, in contrast to policy documents which mainly focused on 'problem areas' such as mental health. The study also drew on recognition theory as developed by the social philosopher Axel Honneth. Results i…
Experiences of Decision-Making in Middle Childhood
This article is based on a study of children's participation in decisions when they are looked after by local authorities in England and Wales, which included individual and group interviews with 47 children. In the course of the research, children and their carers talked about their very varied experiences of involvement in decision-making, not just in the care system but in everyday life. The article recounts some of these experiences using chi…
Navigating the ambiguous policy landscape of student participation
Student participation at school is receiving heightened attention through international evidence connecting it to a range of benefits including student learning, engagement, citizenship and wellbeing, as well as to overall school improvement. Yet the notion of student participation remains an ambiguous concept, and one that challenges many deeply entrenched norms of traditional schooling.Informed by understandings of ‘participation’ linked to the…
A comparison of child protection local procedures handbooks
Doctors treat patients, not populations. 'Evidence-based' practice is essential but extrapolation to the individual patient is always necessary and this fact is well illustrated by data from trials of ACE inhibitors post-myocardial infarction. In the AIRE (Acute Infarction Ramipril Efficacy) study, 2,006 patients with some evidence of heart failure, even if transient, after a myocardial infarction, were randomised to receive oral ramipril or plac…
Death of a Murderess
Are Children Still Waiting? Recent Developments and the Impact of the Children Act 1989
The survey and consolidation of industrial remains in Cornwall — a progress report
The survey and consolidation of industrial remains in Cornwall — a progress report
(1995). The survey and consolidation of industrial remains in Cornwall — a progress report. Industrial Archaeology Review: Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 29-38
The Voice of the Child
The Voice of the Child
A comparison of child protection local procedures handbooks
Doctors treat patients, not populations. 'Evidence-based' practice is essential but extrapolation to the individual patient is always necessary and this fact is well illustrated by data from trials of ACE inhibitors post-myocardial infarction. In the AIRE (Acute Infarction Ramipril Efficacy) study, 2,006 patients with some evidence of heart failure, even if transient, after a myocardial infarction, were randomised to receive oral ramipril or plac…
Policy priorities in child protection
A growing consensus among researchers and practitioners that the current emphasis on identification and investigation of child abuse may be counter‐productive has been slow to produce changes at the policy level. Using the operation of interagency Area Child Protection Committees as an example, this paper suggests that professional and managerial perception of risk of public criticism or media exposure play a significant part in determining polic…
Experiences of Decision-Making in Middle Childhood
This article is based on a study of children's participation in decisions when they are looked after by local authorities in England and Wales, which included individual and group interviews with 47 children. In the course of the research, children and their carers talked about their very varied experiences of involvement in decision-making, not just in the care system but in everyday life. The article recounts some of these experiences using chi…
Children, Family and the State
This study of children's participation in decisions about their care draws on recent work in sociology and anthropology, psychology and legal philosophy in order to understand this challenging area of
Children, Family, and the State
Foreword by Malcolm Hill Introduction Theories of childhood Psychology of childhood Rights of childhood Children, parents and the state Children looked after by the state Doing research with children Patterns of participation Children's views Adults' views Making sense of the research Children's decisions and children's place
The ‘inclusion’ of elite athletes with disabilities in the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games
The XVII 2002 Commonwealth Games held in Manchester, England, was the first major international multi-sport event to include elite athletes with disabilities (EADs) in its main sports programme and medal table. In this exploratory article we seek to examine some of the complex issues surrounding the inclusion of EADs in the Manchester Games by analysing the coverage afforded those athletes by six national British newspapers. The results suggest t…
Ramcat
Ramcat
Daniel Royot, l'Humour et la culture américaine
Daniel Royot, l'Humour et la culture américaine
Towards a Theory of Children's Participation
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
Children, Politics and Communication
The Consumer in Public Services critiques established assumptions surrounding citizenship and consumption. Drawing on empirical research, it challenges existing stereotypes about the 'consumer as chooser' and shows how we must develop a more sophisticated understanding of consumers, examining their place and role as users of public services.
Children, politics and communication
Children, politics and communication
Children, politics and communication
Children, politics and communication
The role and impact of independent children's rights institutions in the UK and Europe
The growth of independent children's rights institutions (usually known as Children's Commissioners and Ombudsmen) has been dramatic in recent years, in the British Isles and in Europe more generally. This article reviews some of the key characteristics of such institutions, and some of the key differences between them. It focuses in particular on two issues: independence, in the sense of independence from government and also independence from br…
Obstacles for child participation in care and protection cases—why Norwegian social workers find it difficult
Although some attempts are being made to increase children's participation in Norwegian child protection cases, much needs to be done in order to comply with the participation principle in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This paper reports on a study of factors that are likely to predict if social workers will attempt to give children an effective voice in decision making processes. 53 child protection case managers and …
Love, rights and solidarity
Recent attempts to theorize children's participation have drawn on a wide range of ideas, concepts and models from political and social theory. The aim of this article is to explore the specific usefulness of Honneth's theory of a 'struggle for recognition' in thinking about this area of practice. The article identifies what is distinctive about Honneth's theory of recognition, and how it differs from other theories of recognition. It then consid…
Participation, Citizenship and Intergenerational Relations in Children and Young People’s Lives
Research about children and young people's participation and involvement in research is an emerging area of academic inquiry. Based on the themes of participation, citizenship and intergenerational re
The Multidimensional Spectrum of Imagination
A theory of the structure and cognitive function of the human imagination that attempts to do justice to traditional intuitions about its psychological centrality is developed, largely through a detailed critique of the theory propounded by Colin McGinn. Like McGinn, I eschew the highly deflationary views of imagination, common amongst analytical philosophers, that treat it either as a conceptually incoherent notion, or as psychologically trivial…
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