It’s been a while since I’ve posted, and frankly since I’ve worked on my reading list. Scanning it, there seems to be a good basis of children’s participation and how to assess and evaluate deep, meaningful engagement, but it is still light on democratic governance. In my head, I had thought of my list as a combination and hopefully a blend of children’s participation and democratic governance, but it is a bit one sided as of now. I’ve also thought about components or offshoots of these two large umbrella terms that I’d like to be part of my list: children as political actors, participatory governance in urban settings (I’m beginning to think that I’d like to have a focus on urban settings), assessing participatory democratic governance, case studies of participatory democratic governance. Although I think that as I begin to read a couple of the pieces I have already identified as being of interest to me, literature that these authors refer to will likely be key, I’d like to reach out here to see if anyone has recommendations to offer.
July 19, 2013
Calling out for readings on participatory democratic governance in urban settings
Jen Tang
Jennifer Tang is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Environmental Psychology program, working on issues related to the promotion of children’s participation and participatory democracy. She holds a Master’s Degree in Human Security and Peacebuilding from Royal Roads University in Canada. Currently, her work is focused on children’s participation in community and municipal level governance. She has taught courses in Human Development, Human Sexuality, and the Psychology of Sex and Gender Roles at Hunter College and the Pratt Institute. Currently, she is a Research Associate at the Children’s Environments Research Group and a Writing Fellow at Hunter College in New York City.
Research Interests: Children’s rights, children’s participation, community governance, participatory democracy, young people’s political engagement, young people and social movements, children in urban settings, child-friendly research methods, participatory research, participatory action research, tools and technologies for democratic participation (ICT4G).
Posts by Jen Tang
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From worried to inspired: Reflecting on the meaning and practice of participation
December 5, 2014
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Children’s rights in New York City, the next 25 years
November 21, 2014
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Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the UNCRC
November 20, 2014
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Orienting my research
September 25, 2014
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Orienting my research
September 25, 2014
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