Community building among children and adults: A participatory experience promoted by Chilean NGOs

Children and adolescent's participation is -or should be- a concern of the states that adhered to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). This article aims to understand community building between children and adults and the tensions that arise when they attempt to assoc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Claudio E. Figueroa Grenett; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Otros Autores: Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Santiago, Chile
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso 2018
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Acceso en línea:http://www.psicoperspectivas.cl/index.php/psicoperspectivas/article/view/1147
http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/80718
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Sumario:Children and adolescent's participation is -or should be- a concern of the states that adhered to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). This article aims to understand community building between children and adults and the tensions that arise when they attempt to associate. In-depth interviews and participant observation were conducted to produce information on the experience of participation in a partnership initiative between children and adults promoted by a network of NGOs in Chile. Among the findings were difficulties related to the distribution of responsibilities and the demands of institutional policy. It also highlights the elements that make up community building in the case study and establishes a that contrasts models of participation for community programming.