Is participation prevention? A blurring of discourses in children's preventative initiatives in the UK

Evans, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4599-5270 and Spicer, N. (2008) Is participation prevention? A blurring of discourses in children's preventative initiatives in the UK. Childhood-a Global Journal of Child Research, 15 (1). pp. 50-73. ISSN 0907-5682 doi: 10.1177/0907568207086835

Abstract/Summary

This article explores the relationships between two key concepts that have defined recent social policy initiatives for children in the UK: participation and prevention from social exclusion. Drawing on the Children's Fund initiative as an example, the article traces the diverse and sometimes contradictory discourses of childhood and social inclusion/ exclusion in stakeholders' differing rationales for supporting children's participation and prevention. The authors argue that the blurring of the rationales for participation and prevention has implications for the strategies and practices that agencies adopt and raises questions about which groups benefit and whose agendas are served by participation and prevention activities.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/3502
Identification Number/DOI	10.1177/0907568207086835
Divisions	Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Department of Geography and Environmental Science Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Human Environments
Uncontrolled Keywords	children and young people's participation, Children's Fund, citizenship, prevention, social exclusion
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