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dc.rights.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND
dc.contributor.advisorWeijer-Bergsma, E. van de
dc.contributor.advisorMulder, H.
dc.contributor.authorTrummer, S.M.
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-20T19:02:20Z
dc.date.available2020-02-20T19:02:20Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.urihttps://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/34725
dc.description.abstractBackground: Community development (CD) aims at tackling local issues to improve quality of life and thrives on participation of community members (Phillips & Pittman, 2015). While continuously developing since the 1960’s, the relevance of child participation (CP) for CD has only recently been acknowledged (Stein, 2014). Problem: Existing studies of CP and CD (e.g.Hart, 1997), have not evaluated the relationship of CP to levels of participation and community asset areas. Aim: This thesis evaluates levels of CP present in different community asset areas and identifies related benefits and difficulties. Method: The ladder of participation (LoP) is employed to categorise levels of participation and the community capitals framework (CCF) to categorise asset areas. Data was derived from a systematic literature review and a series of semi-structured interviews with members of a CD-project. Results: In more than one third of cases, CP in CD takes place at non-participative levels. Overall, CP in CD and its specific benefits and difficulties, most frequently relate to human and social capital. The highest levels of participation relate to natural capital. Political capital poses a discrepancy across methods, being the most frequently coded capital in the literature, but not coded at all in the interviews. Adults’ attitudinal barriers towards children pose various difficulties for CP. Discussion: The prevalence of non-participative levels of CP in CD may indicate that these low levels are considered ‘participation’, which may be related to attitudinal barriers of adults.
dc.description.sponsorshipUtrecht University
dc.language.isoen
dc.titleEvaluating the current status of child participation in community development
dc.type.contentMaster Thesis
dc.rights.accessrightsOpen Access
dc.subject.keywordsChild participation; community development; community capitals framework; ladder of participation.
dc.subject.courseuuYouth, Education and Society


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