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Pathways to participation: openings, opportunities and obligations
- Source :
- Children & Society. 15:107-117
- Publication Year :
- 2001
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2001.
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Abstract
- The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child has raised the profile of children's participation in the United Kingdom. Hart's ‘ladder of participation’ has been the most influential model in this field. This paper offers an alternative model, based on five levels of participation: 1. Children are listened to. 2. Children are supported in expressing their views. 3. Children's views are taken into account. 4. Children are involved in decision-making processes. 5. Children share power and responsibility for decision-making. In addition, three stages of commitment are identified at each level: ‘openings’, ‘opportunities’ and ‘obligations’. The model thus provides a logical sequence of 15 questions as a tool for planning for participation. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects :
- Conceptual models
Health (social science)
Human rights
business.industry
media_common.quotation_subject
Field (Bourdieu)
Pathways to Participation
Public relations
Children's participation
Education
Power (social and political)
Social life
Shier's Model of Participation
Sociology of the family
Sociology
Social science
Life-span and Life-course Studies
business
Decision-making
media_common
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10990860 and 09510605
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Children & Society
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c23f16e41a98fc8501b3ea1da90f2c7f