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As a Conclusion, to the Future: A Discussion on Trust, Agency and the Semantics of Rights in Intergenerational Relationships

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Children’s Self-determination in the Context of Early Childhood Education and Services

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At the end of a long journey across people, places and cultures, there is a strong belief that the book has offered valuable insights on the position of childhood in society for scholars and researchers. At the same time this book aimed to facilitate a reflection on Early Childhood Education and Care as a crucial context for children’s, but also for adults’, socialisation, a theme that sits at the centre of ever growing interest, not only academically and pedagogically, but also at the level of policy-making and the media discourse.

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Farini, F. (2019). As a Conclusion, to the Future: A Discussion on Trust, Agency and the Semantics of Rights in Intergenerational Relationships. In: Farini, F., Scollan, A. (eds) Children’s Self-determination in the Context of Early Childhood Education and Services. International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development, vol 25. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14556-9_18

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