Appraising youth participation in Ireland

Abstract

Legal and policy commitment to children’s rights If, as Nelson Mandela proclaims, there can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children, then there can, perhaps, be no sharper an indication of a government’s commitment to children’s rights than a strong legal and policy framework. This edited collection takes on the challenge of showcasing rights-based participatory approaches across the domains of policy making, practice and research with children and young people, and probes the complexities of transforming such approaches into children’s everyday lives.