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The Promotion of Children's and Adolescents’ Social Participation in Italy and Scotland
Author(s) -
Rossi Elisa,
Baraldi Claudio
Publication year - 2009
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/j.1099-0860.2007.00132.x
Subject(s) - promotion (chess) , social competence , construct (python library) , intervention (counseling) , competence (human resources) , psychology , sociology , developmental psychology , social psychology , social change , political science , programming language , psychiatry , politics , computer science , law
This article presents the theoretical framework, methodology and the main results of a comparative research on the promotion of children's social participation in Italy and Scotland, which was based on politicians’, managers’ and practitioners’ representations. Promotion of participation here is considered a form of social intervention in which adults construct and treat children as citizens entitled to be involved in decision‐making processes, due to their competence in self‐expression and making choices. The study revealed a coexistence of different images of childhood and social intervention, as well as some interesting differences and similarities between the two socio‐cultural contexts.