Inclusion as a Value in Participation

Children’s Councils in Spain

Bibliographic Data

ID13054916
AuthorsJavier Morentin Encina (0000-0002-8845-0019, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, corresponding author), Elena Noguera Pigem (0000-0001-8488-7590, Universitat de Barcelona), María Barba Núñez (0000-0001-7192-1921, Universidade da Coruña)
Year2022
Volume10
Issue2
Publication date2022-02-10
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Inclusion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2183-2803 • E-ISSN: 2183-2803
PublisherCogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT)
DOI10.17645/si.v10i1.4924
OpenAlexW4211185618
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited22

The two‐way relationship between inclusion and participation makes municipal child participation organisations and experiences a key means of guaranteeing the inclusion in community life of children and adolescents, who are traditionally excluded from decision‐making and the promotion of changes in the realities of their lives. One of the main objectives of municipal child participation organisations is to ensure that these spaces are inclusive. This means that they must promote equality of guarantees and conditions in the development of the right to participation from a perspective that addresses the different axes of inequality, not only in access to these spaces but also in the relational dynamics that take place in them. Based on a theoretical reflection on inclusion and participation, this article analyses the data from a questionnaire applied to 279 people (191 technical figures and 88 elected authorities) from 179 municipalities in Spain, which seeks to describe the state of child and adolescent participation in municipalities that are part of the International Association of Educating Cities, Child Friendly Cities, or both. A qualitative analysis is made of those issues related to the strategies used to promote inclusion within the Children’s Councils, as well as in the initiatives promoted in the field of child participation. The results show agreement in considering Children’s Councils to be inclusive bodies, but the means and procedures used do not always guarantee this inclusiveness

Community participation · Economic growth · Economics · Inclusion (mineral · Inequality · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Promotion (chess · Public relations · Socioeconomics · Sociology · State (computer science · Value (mathematics · Child Welfare and Adoption · Children's Rights and Participation · Early Childhood Education and Development · Gender Studies · Law

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