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Children in development

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  • M. F.C. Bourdillon

    (Department of Sociology, University of Zimbabwe, mbourdillon@mango.zw)

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Contemporary development studies have been attending to perspectives and strategies of people at the periphery of power as important actors in change. I argue that such an approach (which includes gendered actors) should extend to children, and show that they can be significant in development interventions. On the other hand, the participation of children in development processes highlights problems of competence that are intrinsic to intervention. Children illustrate both the need for participatory approaches and the problems that arise when perceptions of participants conflict with those of experts. We see that the agency of some actors can be severely curtailed.

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  • M. F.C. Bourdillon, 2004. "Children in development," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 4(2), pages 99-113, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:prodev:v:4:y:2004:i:2:p:99-113
    DOI: 10.1191/1464993404ps079oa
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    1. Yuling Peng & Aiwen Lin & Ke Wang & Fenglian Liu & Fang Zeng & Li Yang, 2015. "Global trends in DEM-related research from 1994 to 2013: a bibliometric analysis," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 105(1), pages 347-366, October.
    2. Stuart C. Aitken & Thomas Herman, 2009. "Literature Review on Qualitative Methods and Standards for Engaging and Studying Independent Children in the Developing World," Papers inwopa09/63, Innocenti Working Papers.

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