Arguing for a better future: children and young people's participation.

From: Youth Studies Australia | Date: September 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Youth participation has the potential to provide all of us with a better place to live. However, a rights-based approach to participation on its own could alienate the general public. David Burfoot discusses the importance of children and young people's participation in their schools and communities and the need to make the voting system more relevant to young people.

The participation of young people, and that includes children, in decisions that affect them is an expanding area of policy development. However, a number of important questions need to be answered if ...

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