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Childhoods in Policy: A Critical Analysis of National Child Protection Policy in the Philippines
Author(s) -
Roche Steven
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/chso.12295
Subject(s) - child protection , agency (philosophy) , policy analysis , welfare , social policy , sociology , critical discourse analysis , policy development , space (punctuation) , national policy , economic growth , political science , public administration , criminology , social science , law , economics , politics , linguistics , philosophy , ideology
This article investigates policy in the Philippines relating to the protection of children, which, despite policy efforts in this space, and growing evidence of child maltreatment and its impact, remains unexamined by the literature. It examines constructions of childhoods utilising a critical policy analysis of national policy documents concerning children's welfare and protection. Analysis finds conflicting representations of children's agency, defining children as ‘becomings’, but also as rights holders and social actors, viewing children as both embedded in, and reliant on, family, consequently detailing important insights into Filipino policy‐making and society.