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The ignored citizen

Young children's subjectivities in Swedish and English early childhood education settings

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ID3103353
AuthorsCaroline Bath (Liverpool John Moores University, corresponding author), Rauni Karlsson (0000-0002-1291-5254, University of Gothenburg)
Year2016
Volume23
Issue4
Pages554-565
Publication date2016-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChildhood (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0907-5682 • E-ISSN: 1461-7013
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0907568216631025
OpenAlexW2290200412
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited18

This article looks at examples of young children acting as citizens and aims to illuminate these by utilising Biesta's exposition of subjectification and socialisation conceptions of citizenship. Specifically, the article applies the concepts of 'dissensus', taken from Rancière's work; 'agonism', taken from Mouffe's work; and solidarity from Levinas' work to actual 'scenes' from Swedish and English early childhood education settings. It also discusses these in relation to other contemporary work on concepts of children's citizenship and our own theories of young children's play

Agonism · Citizenship · Developmental psychology · Early childhood · Early childhood education · Epistemology · Linguistics · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Solidarity · Subjectification · Critical and Liberation Pedagogy · Critical Theory and Political Philosophy · Gender Studies · Law · Literacy, Media, and Education · Psychology

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Unique citing works14
Citations per year1,56
Citation span2017 - 2026 (10)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 14

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