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Reflections on Participation and Its Link with Transformative Processes

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Children and Young People’s Participation and Its Transformative Potential

Part of the book series: Studies in Childhood and Youth ((SCY))

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This book explores the question of when and how children and young people’s participation can be understood as transformative. Yet, this begs a host of questions — When are transformative forms of participation the actual aim? Transformative for whom? What are different ways that we can understand transformational processes and, in particular, how they involve participation? Why does participation so often not translate into the transformative experience expected?

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  1. Kelly Teamey
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  1. University of Edinburgh, UK

    E. Kay M. Tisdall

  2. University of Strathclyde, UK

    Andressa M. Gadda

  3. The International Center for Research and Policy on Childhood, Brazil

    Udi Mandel Butler

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Teamey, K., Hinton, R. (2014). Reflections on Participation and Its Link with Transformative Processes. In: Tisdall, E.K.M., Gadda, A.M., Butler, U.M. (eds) Children and Young People’s Participation and Its Transformative Potential. Studies in Childhood and Youth. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137316547_2

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