Young people's participation in school design: Exploring diversity and power in a UK governmental policy case-study

Children's Geographies

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 457-475

  Parnell, R ^a   Patsarika, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult child power dynamics; Children and young people's participation; Diversity; Inclusion; School design; Youth policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054011243     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2011.590715     Document Type: Article

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