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Theorising Childhood

Citizenship, Rights and Participation

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Editors:
  1. Claudio Baraldi

    1. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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  2. Tom Cockburn

    1. Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United Kingdom

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  • Focuses on cutting edge theoretical thinking from a diverse community of scholars
  • Brings together children’s citizenship, participation and rights
  • Applies theoretical concepts to the 'real' world by addressing practitioners, policy makers, politicians and including empirical research

Part of the book series: Studies in Childhood and Youth (SCY)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction: Lived Citizenship, Rights and Participation in Contemporary Europe

    • Claudio Baraldi, Tom Cockburn
    Pages 1-27

  3. Children’s Citizenship in Globalised Societies

    • Hanne Warming
    Pages 29-52

  4. Children’s Participation: Definitions, Narratives and Disputes

    • Michael Wyness
    Pages 53-72

  5. Recognition and Capability: A New Way to Understand How Children Can Achieve Their Rights?

    • Nigel Thomas, Daniel Stoecklin
    Pages 73-94

  6. Theorising Children’s Bodies. A Critical Review of Relational Understandings in Childhood Studies

    • Florian Eßer
    Pages 95-109

  7. Unexpected Allies: Expanding the Theoretical Toolbox of the Children’s Rights Sociologist

    • Michele Poretti
    Pages 111-134

  8. Beyond the Modern ‘Norm’ of Childhood: Children at the Margins as a Challenge for the Sociology of Childhood

    • Manuel Jacinto Sarmento, Rita de Cássia Marchi, Gabriela de Pina Trevisan
    Pages 135-157

  9. Participation as Learning for Change in Everyday Spaces: Enhancing Meaning and Effectiveness Using Action Research

    • Barry Percy-Smith
    Pages 159-186

  10. The Child, the Pupil, the Citizen: Outlines and Perspectives of a Critical Theory of Citizenship Education

    • Federico Farini
    Pages 187-213

  11. Heteropolitical Pedagogies: Citizenship and Childhood—Commoning Education in Contemporary Greece

    • Yannis Pechtelidis
    Pages 215-237

  12. The Right to Be Transnational: Narratives and Positionings of Children with a Migration Background in Italy

    • Sara Amadasi, Vittorio Iervese
    Pages 239-262

  13. Conclusion: Lived Childhoods

    • Claudio Baraldi, Tom Cockburn
    Pages 263-270

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 271-278
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About this book

Focusing on children's citizenship, participation and rights, this edited collection draws on the work of a number of leading scholars in the sociology of childhood. The contributors explore a range of themes including: tensions between pragmatism and grand theory; revisiting agency/structure debates in the light of children; the challenging of binary thought prevalent in studies around 'generations' and other aspects of sociology; the manifestation of power in time and space; the application of theories into the 'real' world through NGOs, practitioners, policy makers, politicians and empirical research.

The collection will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines including childhood studies, sociology, politics and social policy, as well as policy makers and practitioners interested in the citizenship, rights and participation of children.



Reviews

“Personally, I approached the book due to my recent scholarly interest in children’s rights, especially in a transnational context, as part of my research into the sociology of the family. … I warmly recommend the present work to all those interested in the topics of citizenship, rights and participation of children, as it provides the reader with the necessary overview required to understand the recent research directions in the field.” (Viorela Ducu, Romanian Journal of Population Studies, Vol. 13 (1), 2019) “This volume presents a rich and stimulating conversation about the theoretical underpinnings of children’s participatory citizenship. Leading sociologists in childhood studies gather to press the discussion to new levels of complexity and sophistication. The result is a fresh, experimental, and rewarding reflection on children’s lived agency and its relations to power, marginalization, globalization, rights, interdependency, and much else. (John Wall, Rutgers University, USA)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

    Claudio Baraldi

  • Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United Kingdom

    Tom Cockburn

About the editors

Claudio Baraldi is Professor of Sociology of Cultural and Communicative Processes at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy.

Tom Cockburn is Professor of Social Sciences and Head of Department at the Department of Social Sciences, Edge Hill University, UK. 

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