Children, young people and social inclusion: Participation for what?
Kay Tisdall, John Davis, and Malcolm Hill
Abstract
This book asks how far and in what way social inclusion policies are meeting the needs and rights of children and young people. Leading scholars write from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines including social policy, education, geography and sociology. The book critically examines the concepts of participation and social inclusion and their links with children and childhoods and considers the geography of social inclusion and exclusion. It explores young people's own conceptualisations of social inclusion and exclusion; and examines how these concepts have been expressed in policy at vari ... More
This book asks how far and in what way social inclusion policies are meeting the needs and rights of children and young people. Leading scholars write from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines including social policy, education, geography and sociology. The book critically examines the concepts of participation and social inclusion and their links with children and childhoods and considers the geography of social inclusion and exclusion. It explores young people's own conceptualisations of social inclusion and exclusion; and examines how these concepts have been expressed in policy at various levels. The book concludes with an agenda for progressing participation and social inclusion, both for and with children and young people.
Keywords:
social inclusion politics,
social policy,
education,
geography,
sociology,
participation,
children,
exclusion,
young people
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2006 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781861346629 |
| Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: March 2012 |
DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781861346629.001.0001 |
