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Children’s and Youths’ Geographies in Municipal Policy

Fridh, Ulrika LU (2024) SGEM08 20241
Department of Human Geography
Abstract
The overall theme for this thesis is Children and Youth Geography and it uses the Convention on the Rights of the Child as point of departure. By conducting both a self-administrative questionnaire and semi-structured interviews, this thesis explores in what ways the Local follow up of youth policy (lokal uppföljning av ungdomspolitiken, LUPP) can contribute to developing children’s and youths’ influence and participation in decision-making in Swedish municipalities. It also explores if voter turnout, economic standards or the aqcuaintance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child can explain geographical differences in children’s and youths’ desire and experienced possibilities to influence municipal policy. This is done by analyzing... (More)
The overall theme for this thesis is Children and Youth Geography and it uses the Convention on the Rights of the Child as point of departure. By conducting both a self-administrative questionnaire and semi-structured interviews, this thesis explores in what ways the Local follow up of youth policy (lokal uppföljning av ungdomspolitiken, LUPP) can contribute to developing children’s and youths’ influence and participation in decision-making in Swedish municipalities. It also explores if voter turnout, economic standards or the aqcuaintance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child can explain geographical differences in children’s and youths’ desire and experienced possibilities to influence municipal policy. This is done by analyzing secondary data. The study reveals that LUPP can be considered as one of many appropriate methods and as a data source for including children and youths in decision-making. It also reveals that voter turnout and economic standards have more effects on children’s and youths’ will and experienced possibilities to influence municipal policy than their acquaintance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. (Less)
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author
Fridh, Ulrika LU
supervisor
organization
course
SGEM08 20241
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Children Geography, Youth Geography, citizen participation, children participation, municipal policy, LUPP
language
English
id
9156035
date added to LUP
2024-06-11 11:20:38
date last changed
2024-06-11 11:20:38
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  abstract     = {{The overall theme for this thesis is Children and Youth Geography and it uses the Convention on the Rights of the Child as point of departure. By conducting both a self-administrative questionnaire and semi-structured interviews, this thesis explores in what ways the Local follow up of youth policy (lokal uppföljning av ungdomspolitiken, LUPP) can contribute to developing children’s and youths’ influence and participation in decision-making in Swedish municipalities. It also explores if voter turnout, economic standards or the aqcuaintance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child can explain geographical differences in children’s and youths’ desire and experienced possibilities to influence municipal policy. This is done by analyzing secondary data. The study reveals that LUPP can be considered as one of many appropriate methods and as a data source for including children and youths in decision-making. It also reveals that voter turnout and economic standards have more effects on children’s and youths’ will and experienced possibilities to influence municipal policy than their acquaintance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child.}},
  author       = {{Fridh, Ulrika}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Children’s and Youths’ Geographies in Municipal Policy}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}