Children in development

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12672633
AutoresM F C Bourdillon (University of Zimbabwe), Michael Bourdillon (University of Zimbabwe, autor de correspondencia)
Año2004
Volumen4
Número2
Páginas99-113
Fecha de publicación2004-04-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaProgress in Development Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1464-9934 • E-ISSN: 1477-027X
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1191/1464993404ps079oa
OpenAlexW2280422618
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas10

Contemporary development studies have been attending to perspectives and strategies of people at the periphery of power as important actors in change. I argue that such an approach (which includes gendered actors) should extend to children, and show that they can be significant in development interventions. On the other hand, the participation of children in development processes highlights problems of competence that are intrinsic to intervention. Children illustrate both the need for participatory approaches and the problems that arise when perceptions of participants conflict with those of experts. We see that the agency of some actors can be severely curtailed

Agency (philosophy · Citizen journalism · Competence (human resources · Intervention (counseling · Perception · Political science · Power (physics · Psychological intervention · Social science · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Social Psychology