Trust and Power Dynamics in Children's Lived Citizenship and Participation: The Case of Public Schools and Social Work in Denmark. (16th December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Warming, Hanne
• Other Names: Boddy Janet guestEditor.; Bragg Sara guestEditor.; Sims‐Schouten Wendy guestEditor.; Stryker Rachael guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Children & society. Volume 33:Number 4(2019)
• Page Start: 333
• Page End: 346
• Publication Date: 2018-12-16
• Subjects: lived citizenship -- participation -- power -- recognition -- trust; Children -- Care and hygiene -- Periodicals; Child welfare -- Periodicals; Child welfare -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Children -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; Child development -- Periodicals; 362.70941
• DOI: 10.1111/chso.12311
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0951-0605

Abstract

Abstract : Based on empirical data from two research projects, this article explores trust and power relations in the context of public schools and social work in Denmark and their consequences for children's lived citizenship. The analysis shows that as a group, children not only enjoy increasing recognition as citizens but they also face distrust and misrecognition due to increasing governmentalisation which threatens to overshadow the aforementioned tendencies towards inclusion and recognition, resulting in serious citizenship deficits for children in general, and for certain subgroups of children in particular, such as those positioned as 'at risk'.