Children’s Participation: From Tokenism to Citizenship

Laid a thoughtful foundation for consideration of motivations and methods to uphold children’s rights and abilities to speak for themselves. This Essay includes Hart’s classic Ladder of Participation (page 8), and offers numerous models for genuine participation of children and youth that challenge systems and formal decision-makers to “climb the ladder” toward the highest forms of partnerships with adults.

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1992

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