Number 1 in the Children in Charge series
Paperback: £19.99 / $36.95
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1996, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp
ISBN: 978-1-85302-368-2, BIC 2: JKSB1
Voicing, Mary John. PART ONE: A Listening Culture? 1. The 'Quiet' Revolution, Geraldine van Bueren, University of London. 2. Children's Perspectives on the Culture: Cross-National Research, Stuart Hart, Purdue University, Indianapolis . PART TWO: Finding a 'Voice'. 3. Speaking the Truth to Power: Voice of the Children International, Kristen Eskeland, Voice of the Children, Oslo. 4. Representing Ourselves: A Story of Travelling Children, Cathy Kiddle,Plymouth Area Education Office. 5. Minors on the Run; The Right to a Fair Hearing. The Work of the Ombuds Office in Vienna, Michael Singer, Omdudsoffice, Vienna. 6. Media Voice: Radio and Children Speaking for Themselves, Sarah McCrum, Exeter. PART THREE: Adults as Allies. 7. Children's Parliament in Slovenia, Zoran Pavlovic, Institute of Crimonology in Ljubljana, Slovenia. 8. Two Rights don't make a Wrong: The Work of the Devon Youth Council, Penny Townsend, Education Department, Exeter. 9. The Truth of Single Parent Families, Children in Single Parent Families. PART FOUR: A Voice of Our Own. 10. Underground Power, Jo Bird and Kunle Ibidun, Underground Power, Manchester. 11. Running Our School, Bonnie Hill, Matthew Williams and Olivia Cross, Sands School Greylands, Devon. 12. Piggy in the Middle: What to do if your Parents Separate, Sarnia Harrison, Exeter. PART FIVE: Using Our Voices. 13. Child to Child: The Child's Role in Primary Health Care, Ella Young, Exeter. 14. The Power to be Me: A 'Pause' Project on Teenage Sexuality, Alex Mellanby, Fran Phelps and John Tripp, Postgraduate Medical School, Exeter. 15. Children and the Right to Play: Lessons from Peru, Elsa Dawson, OXFAM UK, Oxford. PART SIX: The Roots of Personal Powers? 16. Empowerment and Autonomy from Baby-hood: The 'Early Years' Researcher's Perspective, Jaqui Cousens, Malthouse Pottery, Devon. 17. The Construction of Autonomy: Some Paradoxes of Socialisation. A Family Therapy View, Rudi Dallos and Roger Sapsford, Open University, Bristol. 18. Children Teaching Adults to Listen to them, Jeff Lewis, University of Plymouth. PART SEVEN: A Fair Hearing. 19. Listening to the Street Children of Mwanza, Rakesh Rajani and Mustafa Kudrati, Kuleana Centre for Children's Rights, Tanzania. 20. The Time of Your Life? Children's Knowledge of Crime, Richard Kinsey, University of Teeside. Appendix 1: UN Convention of Rights of the Child. Appendix 2: Signatories to the UN Convention of Rights of the Child.
