Invoking the discourse of children’s rights in campaigns around public space

Powell, Rhian, Muddiman, Esther ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2630-6134, Power, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3287-0003 and Taylor, Chris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9146-9167 2025. Invoking the discourse of children’s rights in campaigns around public space. Children & Society 10.1111/chso.12936

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Abstract

Increasing emphasis is being placed on the need to consider children's rights in planning decisions. However, the way these rights are claimed by adults can be problematic, especially when planning decisions are controversial and contested. Drawing on interview data with participants engaged in campaigning around the development of a green space in Cardiff, we show how the adult appropriation of children's rights to support such campaigns may not only be misleading but potentially damaging. We conclude by discussing the limits of age-based rights claims and the need to ensure that children's rights are not appropriated for adult agendas.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	In Press
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	0951-0605
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	9 January 2025
Date of Acceptance:	12 December 2024
Last Modified:	09 Jan 2025 12:16
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/175105

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