Rosen, R;
Benson, L;
(2017)
From Silence to Solidarity: Locating the Absent 'Child Voice' in the Struggle Against Benefit Sanctions.
Children & Society
, 31
(4)
pp. 302-314.
10.1111/chso.12216.
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Abstract
This article interrogates childhood politics through a case study of voluntary sector responses to benefit sanctions in the UK. The paper explores the absent ‘voices’ of children in this resistance and considers, in contrast, the possibilities of engaging with children’s perspectives in political endeavours. We argue for the importance of moving away from both simple platitudes about listening to ‘the voice of the child’ and the ‘political retreatism’ (Alcoff 2009) that results from a sole focus on the impossibilities of representation. Whilst aware of inevitable power relations between children and adults, we suggest ‘solidarity’ as an animating concept, emphasising attention to the processes whereby people are differently impoverished.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | From Silence to Solidarity: Locating the Absent 'Child Voice' in the Struggle Against Benefit Sanctions |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/chso.12216 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/chso.12216 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | voice, benefits sanctions, poverty, solidarity, childhood, generation |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1541263 |
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