Children, Young People and Social Inclusion

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Notes on contributors

1          Introduction

            John M. Davis and Malcolm Hill

Part One: Children and poverty

2          Childhood poverty: a barrier to social participation and inclusion

            Tess Ridge

3          Children’s perspectives on social exclusion and resilience in disadvantaged urban             communities

            Malcolm Hill, Katrina Turner, Moira Walker, Anne Stafford and Peter Seaman

4          Children and the local economy: another way to achieve social inclusion

            Rosie Edwards

Part Two: Participation: politics and policy

5          Reconnecting and extending the research agenda on children’s participation: mutual             incentives and the participation chain

            Alan Prout, Richard Simmons, and Johnston Birchall

6          Included in governance? Children’s participation in ‘public’ decision making

            E. Kay M. Tisdall and Robert Bell

7          The Irish National Children’s Strategy: lessons for promoting the social inclusion of             children and young people

            John Pinkerton

8          International developments in children’s participation: lessons and challenges

            Gerison Lansdown

Part Three: Opening up theoretical spaces for inclusion and participation

9          Spaces of participation and inclusion?

            Michael Gallagher

10        From children’s services to children’s spaces

            Peter Moss

11        Child-adult relations in social space

            Berry Mayall

12        Participation with purpose

            Liam Cairns

13        Conclusion: social inclusion, the welfare state and understanding children’s participation

            Alan Prout and E. Kay M. Tisdall

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