Rethinking Children's Citizenship
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10895690 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D C Larkins, Debbie Larkins (University of Lancashire, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 821-823 |
| Publication date | 2013-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0045-3102 • E-ISSN: 1468-263X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjsw/bct099 |
| OpenAlex | W1967272564 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
In Rethinking Children's Citizenship, Cockburn provides a comprehensive guide to key elements of political thought and social change which have contributed to shaping current understandings of the relationship between children and citizenship. Focusing largely on Europe, he traces historical changes in what is meant by the contested concept ‘citizenship’ moving from Ancient Greece and Rome through to contemporary debates. He illustrates how this progression (and sometimes regression) in political thinking coincides with shifting attitudes towards education, child protection and youth offending. He indicates how the shape of children's citizenship is affected inter alia by changes in the relationship between children, the state and the welfare state; changes in contexts and ideologies of the family; and ideas of place, nation, ethnicity and race. Particular shifts in these dynamic factors are also linked to industrial and economic change and social movements. He illustrates this with some examples of the ways in which the language of protection has at times been used as a veil for social control, as well as being motivated (sometimes at the same time) by concerns for well-being. He also traces the emergence of children as a site for social investment and the turn towards neo-liberal individualisation of social care, in which dependency is rejected in favour of self-sufficiency and responsibilisation of families.
Citizenship · Ethnic group · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social change · Social citizenship · Sociology · State (computer science) · Welfare state · Children's Rights and Participation · Gender Studies · Law · Religious Education and Schools
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |