Youth participation: Adultism, human rights and professional youth work

Authors

Tim Corney
Trudi Cooper, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Harry Shier
Howard Williamson

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Title

Children and Society

Volume

36

Issue

4

First Page

677

Last Page

690

Publisher

Wiley

School

School of Arts and Humanities / Centre for People, Place and Planet

RAS ID

42762

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

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.

DOI

10.1111/chso.12526

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