Planning with children for better communities: The challenge to professionals

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Planning with children for better communities: The challenge to professionals
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Claire Freeman
By (author) Paul Henderson
By (author) Jane Kettle
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:164
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9781861341884
ClassificationsDewey:362.7
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations No

Publishing Details

Publisher Policy Press
Imprint Policy Press
Publication Date 10 November 1999
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Following the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), the case for children's involvement in decision-making processes has been championed by pressure groups and voluntary organisations. Planning with children for better communities argues that there is now a need to transfer these ideas and experiences to mainstream services of local authorities, regeneration agencies and other organisations. In addition to clarifying why the issue of children's participation should be prioritised, the authors use examples and case studies from a variety of professions and disciplines in order to explain different methods which can be used to support participation. The book: analyses children's and young people's contemporary place in local communities; locates debates about children's and young people's participation in local communities within government social and economic policy; captures children's and young people's views and experiences of community life. The authors conclude that there should be greater recognition of the right of children to determine significant decisions affecting them - children have a clear entitlement to involvement in key decisions which influence their lives. Planning with children for better communities is important reading for local authority planners and policy makers, project workers, community development workers, children's rights officers, youth workers, play workers and students of social and community work and politics. It should also be read by those people in the voluntary and community sector concerned with children's issues relating to planning and community development.

Author Biography

Claire Freeman is Senior Lecturer (Planning) at Otago University, New Zealand. Paul Henderson is Director, Practice Development at Community Development Foundation. Jane Kettle is Senior Lecturer (Planning and Housing) at Leeds Metropolitan University.

Reviews

"There is much in this book, written in an accessible and clearly structured way, which will add impetus to an increasingly critical element of public policy debate." Community development journal.