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Children and Decision Making
Author(s): Margaret Robinson and Lesley Scanlon Ian Butler (Author)
- Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Publication Date: 1 Jan. 2005
- Language: English
- Print length: 93 pages
- ISBN-10: 1904787541
- ISBN-13: 9781904787549
Book Description
Based on in-depth interviews and workbook activities, the book examines, with children, how they negotiate their involvement in family functioning, rule making and day-to-day decision making.
The report explores: children’s views on their experience of involvement in family decision making; autonomy and independence; the authority of parents; and fairness.
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About the Author
Ian Butler is Professor of Social Work at Bath University and is currently seconded to the Welsh Assembly Government where he is Cabinet Advisor on Children and Young People’s policy. He has published widely in the area of childcare practice and public policy.
