Children's participation: control and self-realisation in British late modernity

Author: Prout A.^{1, *}

Source: Children & Society, Volume 14, Number 4, September 2000 , pp. 304-315(12)

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Abstract:

Children's participation in public life in contemporary Britain is examined in relation to the tension between control and self-realisation found in late modernity. It is argued that, despite the recognition of children as persons in their own right, public policy and practice is marked by an intensification of control, regulation and surveillance around children. This tension is considered in relation to the constitution of children in the public sphere as human capital and therefore as a means of controlling the future. This is contrasted to the private sphere where children's potential for self-realisation is increasingly sequestered in the family. It is suggested that these trends raise issues of social inequality, intergenerational justice and institutional disengagement in relation to children. This requires more serious attention to enabling children's participation in the society. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1099-0860(200009)14:4<304::AID-CHI625>3.0.CO;2-1

Affiliations: 1: Department of Applied Social Science, University of Stirling *

Publication date: 2000-09-01

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