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Childhood studies, children’s politics and participation: perspectives for processes of democratisation
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posted on 2023-06-20, 14:17 authored by Jo Moran-EllisJo Moran-Ellis, Heinz SünkerFrom the early Frankfurt School through to the work of Manuel Castells, there has been a rich body of work on the cleavage between technological and social developments of the twentieth century in respect of the consequences for the constitution of subjectivity. However, little attention is paid to the role of children during their childhoods in attempts to bridge this gap beyond discussions about the democratic actors children will become when they are adults. This paper argues that only the full integration of children, during their childhoods, into democratic development of societies will prevent the deepening of the rift between technological and social progress. The paper traces the correspondence between the new childhood studies and those concepts of politics and politicisation which can support social progress towards an emancipatory social perspective undergirded by particular and democratisation of all areas of everyday life. Drawing on Bourdieu and ideas of participation as action, the paper critically examines the various mechanisms by which children are conventionally excluded from democratic participation and then explores how a deeper consideration of agency in childhood and social actorship opens up alternative mechanisms of inclusion and the concomitant expansion of the concept of democracy.
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International Review of SociologyISSN
0390-6701Publisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
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2Volume
28Page range
277-297Department affiliated with
- Sociology and Criminology Publications
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- Centre for Innovation and Research in Childhood and Youth Publications
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2020-03-03First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
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