Abstract
This article argues that the right of young people to participate in decisions being made about them forms the basis for professional youth work practice. The authors consider the nature of ‘participation’ and its relation to human rights, and introduces the concept of ‘adultism’ and the challenges for youth workers combatting ‘adultist’ beliefs and practices in the work of participation. The paper considers the benefits and limitations of youth participation models, and addresses the relationship between rights-based participation practice, and critical pedagogy (dialogical) in youth work.
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
7-1-2022
Volume
36
Issue
4
Publication Title
Children and Society
Publisher
Wiley
School
School of Arts and Humanities / Centre for People, Place and Planet
RAS ID
42762
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
First Page
677
Last Page
690
Comments
Corney, T., Cooper, T., Shier, H., & Williamson, H. (2022). Youth participation: Adultism, human rights and professional youth work. Children & Society, 36(4), p. 677-690. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12526