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- Title
Childhood, Politics and Ambiguity: towards an Agenda for Children's Political Inclusion.
- Authors
Wyness, Michael; Harrison, Lisa; Buchanan, Ian
- Abstract
This article examines the relationship between children, young people and the world of politics. Whilst the past decade or so has seen the development of initiatives that draw children within the political sphere, there are powerful political and social forces that position children as dependent subalterns and thus excludes them from political participation. We address this ambiguous situation by referring to competing discourses on childhood; the discourse on children's needs that foregrounds their transitional social status and an imperative to protect, and a set of ideas that revolves around children having collective 'interest' that require political articulation. In drawing out these competing discourses, the article addresses a range of 'inclusive' policies at global, national and local levels.
- Subjects
YOUTH in politics; YOUNG adults; POLITICAL participation; CHILD development; SOCIAL status; POLITICAL science; POWER (Social sciences)
- Publication
Sociology, 2004, Vol 38, Issue 1, p81
- ISSN
0038-0385
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0038038504039362