Pockets of participation: Revisiting child-centred participation research

Children and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-25

  Franks, Myfanwy ^a  

^a Town Centre House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Participation; Participation research; Refugee children; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953764534     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: 10990860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2009.00258.x     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Alderson P. 2001. Research by children. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 4: 139- 153. DOI:10.1080/13645570120003.
2. Arnstein S. 1969. A ladder of citizen participation. Journal of the American Planning Association 35: 216-224. DOI:10.1080/01944366908977225.
3. Badham B. 2004. Participation - for a change: disabled young people lead the way. Children and Society 18: 143-154. DOI: org/10.1002/chi.821.
4. Barnes M, Warren L (eds.) 1999. Paths to Empowerment. Policy Press: Bristol.
5. Chataway C. 1997. An examination of the constraints on mutual inquiry in a participatory action research project. Journal of Social Issues 53: 747-765.
6. Chatty D, Crevello G, Lewando Hundt G. 2005. Theoretical and methodological challenges of studying refugee children in the Middle East and North Africa: Young Palestinian, Afghan and Sahrawi Refugees. Journal of Refugee Studies 18: 387-409.
7. Christensen P. 2004. Children's participation ethnographic research: issues of power and representation. Children and Society 18: 165-176. doi.org/10.1002/chi.823.
8. David M. 2002. Problems of participation: The limits of action research. International Journal of Social Research Methodology 5: 11-17. Available at: http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/13645570110098037 [Accessed 6 August 2009].
9. Dawson A, Holding S. 2001. Save the children. In Young Separated Refugees in Yorkshire and Humber-side. Save the Children: London.
10. Finch J. 1999 [1984]. 'Its great to have someone to talk to': The ethics and politics of interviewing women. In Qualitative Research. Bryman A, Burgess RG. (eds). Sage: London; 68-80.
11. France A. 1999. Exploitation or empowerment? Gaining access to young people's reflections on crime prevention strategies. In Paths to Empowerment. Barnes M, Warren L (eds). Policy Press: Bristol; 75- 90.
12. France A. 2000. Youth Researching Youth. Youth Work Press/JRF: Leicester.
13. Franks M. 2001a. Caught in the crossfire: A case of mistaken identity among religious revivalists and secularists. Culture and Religion, 2: 223-238. Available at: http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/01438300108567176 [Accessed 6 August 2009].
14. Franks M. 2001b. Women and Revivalism in the West: Choosing Islamic and Christian 'Fundamentalism' in a Liberal Democracy. Houndmills: Palgrave.
15. Franks M. 2006a. Count Us In: Consultation with young refugees on inclusion in schools. The Children's Society: London.
16. Franks M. 2006b. Safeguarding Children in the African Refugee Community in Newcastle. The Children's Society. Available at: http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/resources/documents/Research/SafeguardingandpromotingthewelfareofchildrenintheAfricanrefugeecommunityin Newcastle3120full.pdf. [Accessed 6 August 2009].
17. Franks M. 2007. Count Us In: A case study of the participation research process with young refugees. Paper given at Children's Participation in Research Processes: Putting Theory into Practice 10th-12th September 2007. Centre for the Study of the Child, the Family and The Law, University of Liverpool: Liverpool.
18. Hart RA. 1992. Children's participation, from Tokenism to citizenship. In Giving Children a voice. Shier H (ed.). Camden Social Services: London.
19. Hart RA. 1997. Children's Participation: The Theory and Practice of Involving Young Citizens in Community Development and Environmental Care. Earthscan Publications Ltd: London.
20. Healy K. 2001. Participatory action research and social work. International Social Work 44: 93-105. DOI:10.1177/002087280104400108.
21. Hobbiss A, Calvert C, Collins L. 1998. Participative research: A way of creating research partnerships with young people, conference presentation and abstract for Collaboration in Health Research. Bradford Institute for Health Research: University of Bradford: Bradford.
22. Hood S, Mayall B, Oliver S. (eds.) 1999. Critical Issues in Social Research. Open University Press: Buckingham, UK.
23. Jacobsen K, Landau LB. 2003. The dual imperative in refugee research: some methodological and ethical considerations in social science research on forced migration. Disasters. 27: 185-206. DOI: ORG/10.1111/1467-7717.00228.
24. Jans M. 2004. Children as citizens: Towards a contemporary notion of child participation. Childhood. 1: 27-44. DOI: 10.1177/09075682040182.
25. Kellett M. 2005. Children as active researchers: A new research paradigm for the 21st century. ESRC National Centre for Research Methods, NCRM Methods Review Papers NCRM/003. Available at: http://www.ncrm.ac.uk/research/outputs/publications/methodsreview/MethodsReviewPaperNCRM-pdf (accessed on 23/5/09).
26. Kellett M, Forest R (aged ten), Dent N (aged ten), Ward S (aged ten). 2004. Just teach us the skills please, we'll do the 'rest': Empowering ten-year-olds as active researchers. Children and Society 18: 329-343. DOI: org/10.1002/chi.807.
27. Kirby P. 2004. A Guide to Actively Involving Young People in Research: For researchers, research commissioners, and managers. INVOLVE: Eastleigh, Hampshire.
28. Kohli R, Mather R. 2003. Promoting psychosocial well-being in unaccompanied asylum seeking young people in the United Kingdom. Child and Family Social Work 8: 201-212. DOI: org/10.1046/j.1365-2206.2003.00282.x.
29. Leaning J. 2001. Ethics of research in refugee populations. The Lancet 357: 1432-1433.
30. Mathrani V. 1993. Participatory research, A potential for in-depth understanding. Indian Journal of Social Work 54: 345-353.
31. Miller G, Dingwall R (eds). 1997. Context and Method in Qualitative Research. Sage: London.
32. Morrow V, Richards M. 1996. The ethics of social research with children: An overview. Children and Society 10: 90-105. DOI. ORG/10.1111/J.1099-0860.1996.TB00461.X.
33. North Sheffield Youth Forum. (2008). Chilypep - North Sheffield Youth Forum Research Project Report. Available at: http://www.nya.org.uk/information/127849/researchreports/(accessed on 23/5/08).
34. Oakley A. 1981. Interviewing women: A contradiction in terms. In Doing Feminist Research. Roberts H. (ed). R&KP: London; 30-61.
35. Padgett DK. 2008. Qualitative Methods in Social Work Research, 2nd edn. Sage Publications: Los Angeles, Calif., London.
36. Phillips A. 1991. Engendering Democracy. Cambridge: Polity Press.
37. Phoenix A. 1998. Dealing with difference: The recursive and the new. Ethnic and Racial Studies 21: 859-880.
38. Reason P. 1994. 'Participation in the evolution of consciousness'. In Participation in Human Inquiry. Reason P (ed.). Sage: London, Thousand Oaks, Delhi; 16-29.
39. Rutter J. 2005. 'Researching Refugee Children' Keynote address, Postgraduate Methods Seminar Day: Refugee Research Issues, March 11th 2005, The Priory Centre: York.
40. Shier H. 2001. Pathways to participation: openings, opportunities and obligations'. Children and Society 15: 107-117. DOI: ORG/10.1002/CHI.617.
41. Sin CH. 2007. Ethnic-matching in qualitative research: Reversing the gaze on 'white other' and 'white' as 'other'. Qualitative Research, 7: 447-499. DOI:10.1177/1468794107082304.
42. Sinclair R. 2004. Participation in practice. Children and Society. 18: 106-118. DOI: org/10.1002/chi.817.
43. Sinclair R, Cronin K, Lanyon I, Stone V, Hulsa A. 2002. Aim High Stay Real: Outcomes for Children and Young People: The Views of Children, Parents and Professionals, Children and Young People's Unit: London.
44. Sohng S. 1996. Participatory research and community organizing. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 23: 77-97.
45. Stone R. 2000. Children First and Foremost: Meeting the Needs of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children. Barnardo's: London.
46. Thomas N, O'Kane C. 1998. The ethics of participatory research with children. Children & Society. 12: 336-348. DOI. org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0860(199811)12:5336::AID-CHI1453.0.CO;2-9.
47. Truman C, Mertens D, Humphries B. (eds). 2000. Research and Inequality, UCL Press: New York.
48. Van Der Veen R. 2001. Naar een leefwereldbenadering van burgerschap. Inleiding op het thema burgerschap. Sociale Interventie 10: 5-11.
49. Wyness M. forthcoming. Adult's involvement in children's participation: juggling children's places and spaces. Children and Society. DOI: org/10.1111/j.1099-0860.2008.00181.x.