Accessing the Future - Children's Conceptions and Practices of Access Rights in Environmental Matters
Verlag | Wochenschau-Verlag |
Auflage | 2021 |
Seiten | 72 |
Format | 15 x 0,5 x 21,1 cm |
Gewicht | 115 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
Reihe | Childhood Studies and Children's Rights |
ISBN-10 | 3954141833 |
EAN | 9783954141838 |
Bestell-Nr | 95414183A |
How do children perceive access and participation rights in environmental matters? The study presented in this book aims to broaden the discourse on political participation in environmental issues to include the perspectives of children and young people. As part of a participatory qualitative study, six interviews were conducted with young activists to explore their perspectives on their rights in environmental matters. The theoretical framework of the study is the concept of 'Living Rights'. Different dimensions of children's understanding of rights in relation to a healthy environment are analyzed, and challenges that children encounter when invoking their rights to access and participation are revealed.
Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Foreword (Prof. Dr. Manfred Liebel & Prof. Dr. Jörg Maywald)IntroductionLiterature ReviewChildren's Rights related to a healthy environmentIntersectional discrimination and environmental harmConceptions of rights - as framework and living practiceA framework for children's rights in environmental mattersAccess and participation rightsBroadening the discourse: Rights as living rightsEnvironmental activism and children's role: Reflections from literature and the public discourseChildren's activism for the environment and their access to justice: Recent examplesThe conceptions of environmental ethics and environmental activists: Findings in literatureResearch and methodologyContext of research and field accessLimitations of researchEthical aspects of involving children in researchResearch questionsResearch methodsInterview-designData-analysisResultsCategory 1: Conceptions of rightsSubcategory 1: Experience of the environment and environmental harmSubcategory 2: Entitlement and genera tivitySubcategory 3: Rights and formulations of justice as language for legitimation, as tool and as supportive frameworkCategory 2: Conceptions on activism as practice of participation and access rightsSubcategory 1: Activism as a result of a learning process, socialized through personal relationships and inspirations by othersSubcategory 2: Conceptions on approaches to activismSubcategory 3: Activism as a personal benefitSubcategory 4: Activism as a personal and societal challengeSubcategory 5: A call to action for accountability, rule of law, participation and a change of consciousness Summary of findingsDiscussionThe experience of the environment: From an anthropocentric to a biocentric visionGenerativity and collectivity: Considering relations of injustice that reach beyond the presentThe need for a more inclusive vision of law and jurisdictionConclusionReferencesAbstract (Deutsch)About the author