Citizenship and governance
- Children as informed participants in governance
- In the recent past some progressive researchers have provided the space for children to ‘participate’ more intimately in the research process by giving them the role of information providers, key informants or data collectors. The impact of such research has been more beneficial to children and the resulting policies more constructive. This paper gives an overview of this from of participatory research.
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- ( The United Nations Economic and Social Council , 2008)
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