Participation - paper based
Welcome to the Participation section.
- Young Children's Rights: Exploring Beliefs, Principles and Practice[E/NI/S/W]
A Save the Children book which examines how rights affect the lives of young children and adults and the relationships between them.
- Young Europe [E/NI/S/W]
Funded by the European Youth Programme and based on data collected by the British Youth Council as part of the UK consultation for the European Youth Policy, this book by Hannah Olle attempts to address the problem of a lack of voice for the views of young people in Europe about national and European politics.
- Young People as Researchers – Possibilities, Problems and Politics [E/NI/S/W]
Explores projects where young people have taken a leading role as researchers.
- Young People in Decision Making[NI]
This project aims to research the views of young people about the current political systems in Northern Ireland, with the view to: 1. explore young people’s current understanding of engagement with political processes and decision-making. 2. identify what issues are important to young people. 3. look at ways of engaging with young people.
- Young People's Participation in a New Northern Ireland Society[NI]
This article examines the extent to which young people are given the opportunity to contribute to the rebuilding of Northern Irish society in the postconflict situation. It recounts the conflict’s effects on the lives of children and young people and evidence that suggests that young people have not felt part of the political process in the past. We then examine arguments about citizenship for children and young people using a children’s rights perspective. We provide new evidence of the extent to which the rhetoric of the past has translated into young people being allowed to participate in Northern Irish society.
- Youth participation in the democratic process [NI]
The Electoral Commission commissioned this research in October 2004. The research aimed to explore and measure the attitudes and behaviour of young people aged 16-24 towards participation in democratic processes generally including electoral registration and voting in elections. The research had two components, a participatory research component and a public opinion survey. The Institute for Conflict Research (ICR) was responsible for the participatory research and the completion of the report whilst PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) conducted the quantitative survey.
