The focus of this book is centered on the participation of children in countries of the South. In this sense, it will review the possibilities of children's participation, as well as their forms of participation in different contexts of daily life. There has been a tendency to underestimate children's role as active constructors of their surrounding social space, as well as of the internalized interpretations of the way social life operates. Today it is necessary to recognize that children are agents actively involved in the construction of their own lives and the life of the societies they live in; and in this sense, it is important to consider and re-signify the participation of boys and girls as a fundamental pillar in the process of building societies in the 21st century. The book contains chapters that re-significate children's participation in different countries from South America and South Africa, in relation with different topics: well-being, methods, citizenship, poverty,education, rurality, ethics and human rights.

Analyses of the possibilities and forms of children's participation in their daily life Book shows that children are actively involved in the construction of societies they live in Review of the different types of children's participation in South America, South Africa and Australia

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Dr. Graciela Tonon is a full Professor at the Schools of Social Sciences at the Universidad de Palermo, Argentina, and at the Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora, Argentina; editor of the International Handbooks of Quality of Life Series.

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Introduction.- Acknowledgments.- Contributors.- 1. Children's Participation In South America: A Pproposal Based on the Capability Approach.- 2. Conducting Participatory Research on Children's Subjective Well-being: At the interface of ethics and methods.- 3. Child Participation in Nigeria: Three examples of dialogue with children and adolescents.-4. Children's Citizenship in 21st Century Societies: Key notes from the South.- 5. Children's Rights and Participation in School in South Africa.- 6. Purpose For Power (P4P). Participation as a way of being and becoming in Haiti: A practical approach to genuine empowerment, and wellbeing among young people.- 7. Childhood Geography from the South: The right to participation of children living in rural settings.