Beings in their own right’? Exploring children and young people's sibling and twin relationships in the Minority World

Bibliographic Data

ID12710719
AuthorsKate Bacon (0000-0002-0385-1949, University of Lancashire, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume10
Issue3
Pages307-319
Publication date2012-07-18
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueChildren s Geographies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1473-3277 • E-ISSN: 1473-3285
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14733285.2012.693380
OpenAlexW2030907708
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited33

This paper examines the contributions that the sociological study of sibship and twinship in the Minority World can make to childhood studies. It argues that, in providing one forum within which to explore children and young people's social relationships, we can add to our understanding of children and young people's interdependence and develop a more nuanced understanding of agency. As emergent subjects, children, young people and adults are in a process of ‘becoming’. However, this does not mean that they can ‘become’ anything they choose to. The notion of negotiated interdependence (Punch 2002) is useful in helping us to grasp the contingent nature of children and young people's agency

Agency (philosophy · Developmental psychology · Sibling · Social science · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Early Childhood Education and Development · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics