Children representing children: Participation and the problem of diversity in UK youth councils

Childhood

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 535-552

  Wyness, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children's participation; Civic councils; Representative democracy; School councils; Social and cultural diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450048052     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: 14617013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568209344274     Document Type: Article

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