Search for dissertations about: "children’s rights participation"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words children’s rights participation.
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1. "Participation is everything" : young people's voices on participation in school life
Abstract : This thesis shows that participation is an important and comprehensive concept for young people. The aim of the thesis is to explore young people’s perspectives on and experiences of participation in school. Young people are in this research project understood as competent participants and as valuable contributors in research. READ MORE
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2. We are all the same, but... : Kenyan and Swedish school children's views on children's rights
Abstract : This thesis presents a study on how school children in Kenya and Sweden express their views on children’s rights, in particular rights related to participation, non-discrimination, and education. The overall purpose was to explore the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, its claim to be universal and its relevance for children in various school and life contexts. READ MORE
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3. International organizations and children’s rights : Norm adoption, pressure tactics and state compliance
Abstract : Since the adoption of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), the attention given by international organizations (IOs) to children’s rights has increased. This dissertation seeks to identify what this means for the global promotion of children’s rights, by addressing three interrelated questions: 1. READ MORE
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4. Restricting participation : Unaccompanied children in interpreter-mediated asylum hearings in Sweden
Abstract : The overall goal of this thesis was to highlight different communicative aspects of participation in interpreter-mediated asylum hearings with unaccompanied Russianspeaking children who had applied for asylum in Sweden between 2001 and 2005. Participation in the asylum process is guaranteed to these children by the Swedish Administrative Law and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which are incorporated in the Swedish Aliens Act. READ MORE
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5. Making Questions and Answers Work : Negotiating Participation in Interview Interaction
Abstract : The current thesis explores conditions for participation in interview interaction. Drawing on the ethnomethodological idea that knowledge is central to participation in social situations, it examines how interview participants navigate knowledge and competence claims and the institutional and moral implications of these claims. READ MORE