Children, citizens of today or of the future?

Analysis of Spanish legislation on child participation

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https://doi.org/10.35295/sz.iisl.1808

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Children’s rights, protection, participation, paternalism, multilevel legislation

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Since the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, which expanded children’s rights, its impact on multilevel legislation has increased. The main objective of this research was to examine the regulations on childhood and adolescence in four autonomous communities and those in the central state. For this purpose, a sociological neo-institutionalist approach and qualitative methodology based on content analysis using the MAXQDA software in its 2022 version were used. The main variables studied correspond to the objectives and language of the norms, which allowed us to understand their discourse and degree of development. Applying a taxonomy of our own elaboration based on the three P’s and six P’s, we compared the autonomous regulations of Andalusia, Valencia, Navarra, Madrid, and the state Organic Law.

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Author Biographies

María Angeles Abellán López, Universitat de València

Doctora en Derecho, premio extraordinario de doctorado por la Universidad de Alicante y licenciada en Ciencias Políticas y Sociología. Profesora en el Departamento de Sociología y Antropología Social e investigadora del Instituto Universitario de Creatividad e Innovaciones Educativas de la Universidad de Valencia. Su trayectoria investigadora ha sido reconocida por la ANECA. Entre sus líneas de investigación actuales destacan la gobernanza participativa, la gestión pública, la inclusión social y la educación democrática. Correo electrónico de contacto: maria.a.abellan@uv.es

Gonzalo Pardo Beneyto, Universitat de València

Doctor en Derecho por la Universidad de Alicante, Máster Universitario en Política y Democracia por la UNED y licenciado en Ciencias Políticas y de la Administración por la Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche. Sus investigaciones han abordado la innovación y la modernización en las instituciones públicas. Actualmente, es profesor ayudante doctor del Área de Ciencia Política y de la Administración de la Universitat de València. Correo electrónico de contacto: gonzalo.pardo@uv.es

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2023-11-17

How to Cite

Abellán López, M. A. eta Pardo Beneyto, G. . (2023) «Children, citizens of today or of the future? Analysis of Spanish legislation on child participation», Sortuz: Oñati Journal of Emergent Socio-Legal Studies, 13(2), or. 204–225. doi: 10.35295/sz.iisl.1808.