基本説明
Critically examines the concepts of participation and social inclusion and their links with children and childhoods.
Full Description
This book asks how far and in what way social inclusion policies are meeting the needs and rights of children and young people. Leading authors write from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines including social policy, education, geography and sociology. The book critically examines the concepts of participation and social inclusion and their links with children and childhoods and considers the geography of social inclusion and exclusion. It explores young people's own conceptualisations of social inclusion and exclusion; and examines how these concepts have been expressed in policy at various levels.
The book concludes with an agenda for progressing participation and social inclusion, both for and with children and young people.
"Children, young people and social inclusion" will be of interest to academics, students and policy makers, as well as to a wide range of practitioners including teachers, youth workers, participation workers and those working in interagency settings.
Contents
Section A: Introduction ‾ John M. Davis and Malcolm Hill; Section B: Children and poverty: Child poverty: a barrier to social participation and inclusion ‾ Tess Ridge; Children's perspectives on social exclusion and resilience in disadvantaged urban communities ‾ Malcolm Hill, Katrina Turner, Moira Walker, Anne Stafford and Peter Seaman; Children and the local economy: another way to achieve social inclusion ‾ Rosie Edwards; Section C: Participation: Politics and policy: Reconnecting and extending the research agenda on children's participation: mutual incentives and the participation chain ‾ Alan Prout, Richard Simmons and Johnston Birchall; Included in governance: children's participation in 'public' decision making ‾ Kay Tisdall and Robert Bell; The Irish National Children's Strategy: lessons for promoting the social inclusion of children and young people ‾ John Pinkerton; International developments in children's participation: lessons and challenges ‾ Gerison Lansdown; Section D: Opening up theoretical spaces for inclusion and participation: Spaces of participation and inclusion? ‾ Michael Gallagher; From children's services to children's spaces ‾ Peter Moss; Child-adult relations in social space ‾ Berry Mayall; Participation with purpose ‾ Liam Cairns; Section E: Conclusion: Concluding reflections: social inclusion, the welfare state and understanding children's participation ‾ Alan Prout and E. Kay M. Tisdall.
