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Catherine Hartung - Conditional Citizens - 9789811039379 - V9789811039379
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Conditional Citizens

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Description for Conditional Citizens Hardback. Series: Perspectives on Children and Young People. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JHBK; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .

This book challenges readers to recognise the conditions that underpin popular approaches to children and young people’s participation, as well as the key processes and institutions that have enabled its rise as a global force of social change in new times. The book draws on the vast international literature, as well as interviews with key practitioners, policy-makers, activists, delegates and academics from Japan, South Africa, Brazil, Nicaragua, Australia, the United Kingdom, Finland, the United States and Italy to examine the emergence of the young citizen as a key global priority in the work of the UN, NGOs, government and academia. In ... Read more

The book argues that much of what is considered ‘children and young people’s participation’ todayis part of a wider neoliberal project that emphasises an ideal young citizen who is responsible and rational while simultaneously downplaying the role of systemic inequality and potentially reinforcing rather than overcoming children and young people’s subjugation. Yet the book also moves beyond mere critique and offers suggestive ways to broaden our understanding of children and young people’s participation by drawing on 15 international examples of empirical research from around the world, including the Philippines, Bangladesh, the United Kingdom, North America, Finland, South Africa, Australia and Latin America. These examples provoke practitioners, policy-makers and academics to think differently about children and young people and the possibilities for their participatory citizenship beyond that which serves the political agendas of dominant interest groups.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
Condition
New
Series
Perspectives on Children and Young People
Number of Pages
147
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789811039379
SKU
V9789811039379
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Catherine Hartung
Dr Catherine Hartung is a Lecturer at the University of Otago College of Education in Dunedin, New Zealand. She teaches and researches at the cross-section of issues related to children and young people, social justice, citizenship, rights, wellbeing, and diversity. Her work is interdisciplinary, but at its core is a concern with how various educational, cultural, and political institutions govern ... Read more

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