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Listening, acting and changing UK policy with children: learning from European examples and theories of children's agency

Cath Larkins, University of Central Lancashire · 2022 · Academic paper

Journal article using two European consultations with children, on the EU and Council of Europe children's rights strategies, to draw lessons for UK policy. Finds children are mostly involved only at early stages of the policy cycle, marginalised children are often left out and impact is hard to trace, and sets out conditions for more traceable influence.

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Listening, acting and changing UK policy with children: learning from European examples and theories of children's agency

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