Children in Social Movements

Rethinking Agency, Mobilization and Rights

Bibliographic Data

ID19915439
AuthorsDiane M Rodgers (0000-0002-2966-6899, Northern Illinois University, corresponding author)
Year2020
Pages174
Publication date2020-03-16
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueChildren in Social Movements (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781003014294
OpenAlexW2995026663
Open LibraryOL28074252M
ISBN9781003014294
LanguageEN
Citations received12

Children’s participation in social movements is presented through a theoretical typology consisting of strategic participants, participants by default and active participants. This range of participation accounts for the social location of children historically and internationally, calling for their inclusion into social movement research. Children are unresearched and untheorized participants within social movement literature. Providing rich detail of children’s participation through illustrative case studies, this book presents the ideal types of participation as grounded in their social movement activity. These cross cultural, historical and contemporary case studies include, whenever possible, children’s perspective in their own words. Utilizing insights from childhood studies on agency and rights of children enhances the understanding of social movement strategies and mobilization. Following the chapters on each type of participation, suggestions are provided for rethinking existing social movement theories to acknowledge child participants. Scholars and students of social movements and childhood studies, as well as within the field of sociology will find interest in the wide range of case studies presented of children in social movements. The discussion of how social movement theory might be applied to the types of participation is meant to inspire future research and expand analysis of children’s participation in social movements

Children's Rights and Participation · Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics · General · Mouvements de jeunesse · Social history · Social movements · Social Science · Socialisation · Socialization · Sociology · Youth movements

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