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100			_aKeddell, Emily _94218
245			_aRecognising the embedded child in child protection : _bchildren’s participation, inequalities and cultural capital _cEmily Keddell
260			_bElsevier, _c2023
500			_aChildren and Youth Services Review, 2023, 147: 106815
520			_aChildren’s right to participation in child protection decision-making is supported by moral imperatives and international conventions. The fragmented implementation of this right reflects a conflicted discursive terrain that attempts to incorporate both children’s agency and their need for protection. This article uses two theoretical lenses to further examine this terrain: child welfare inequalities and cultural capital. These theories highlight how social inequities and cultural capital relating to culture and class affect participation processes and outcomes. An unintended consequence of constructing children within a traditional liberal account of rights is reduced recognition of the culturally contested nature of an individualistic construction of children. Constructing children in this way excises children from their social backgrounds and promotes the notion of a ‘universal child’. With a particular focus on class, culture and professional paradigms, I argue that the ways children’s views are elicited, the content of those views, and how they are interpreted, are subject to a set of professional assumptions that take little cognisance of the social backround of children. This includes norms relating to class and culture, and the oppressive structural relations relating to those two factors including racialisation. Concepts such as attachment theory, the ‘adultification’ of children of colour, the diminishing of Indigenous concepts of children and childhood, and the pre-eminence of the ‘concerted cultivation’ middle class parenting style are some ways this lack of recognition is enacted. The child’s cultural worldview and manner of expressing it may clash with professional cultures that prefer and reward verbal expression, independence, and entitlement when negotiating preferences with representatives of powerful social institutions (such as child protection systems). Many children may not comply with this expectation due to cultural and class socialisation processes, and the oppressive histories of child protection systems. As most child protection organisations must engage in constant translation of children’s cultural capital to ensure participation, devolving authority and resources to affected communities may better serve children's rights to participation. Communities reflecting children’s own may be more able to offer full recognition to children and enable their participation more effectively. (Author's abstract). Related articles are available in the this journal's Special Issue: The Perspective of the Child in Child and Youth Welfare (April 2023). Record #8014
650			_aCHILD PROTECTION _9118
650			_aCHILD WELFARE _9124
650			_aCHILDREN'S RIGHTS _9135
650			_aCULTURE _9179
650			_aETHNICITY _9233
650			_aPOVERTY _9453
650		4	_aSOCIAL SERVICES _9555
651		4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
773	0		_tChildren and Youth Services Review, 2023, 147: 106815
830			_aChildren and Youth Services Review _94699
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.106815 _zDOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.106815 (Open access)
856			_uhttps://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202212.0293/v1 _zAccess Preprints version
856			_uhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/children-and-youth-services-review/special-issue/10FLQD4GT72 _zAccess Special issue: The Perspective of the Child in Child and Youth Welfare (April 2023)
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