Revisiting Contemporary Childhoods: International Research on Children’s Voice and Agency

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Kate Bacon (Manchester Metropolitan University) Hana Smitkova

Revisiting Contemporary Childhoods

Name: Revisiting Contemporary Childhoods
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International Research on Children’s Voice and Agency

Kate Bacon (Manchester Metropolitan University), Hana Smitkova, Judite Ie (University of Valladolid) , Nicole M Jamis (Macquarie University)

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Policy Press
30 April 2026

Interdisciplinary studies; Age groups: children; Human rights; Civil rights & citizenship

What does it mean to put children's voices at the centre and truly recognise their capacity for change?

Through rich, interdisciplinary research spanning Australia, Poland, Spain, Slovakia, India and the UK, this book illuminates how children actively negotiate, resist and reshape the structures around them. It champions children’s agency as central to reimagining childhoods beyond western-dominated narratives, advocating for child-led theorisation and practice.

Offering a timely and critical examination of the tensions shaping children’s lives – across societies, systems and settings – it challenges readers to rethink the dominant idealisations of childhood, pushing forward new conversations about childhood in the 21st century.

Contributions by: Kate Bacon (Manchester Metropolitan University), Hana Smitkova, Judite Ie (University of Valladolid), Nicole M Jamis (Macquarie University), Zoe O'Riordan (The University of Lancashire)
Imprint: Policy Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781447371793
ISBN 10: 1447371798
Pages: 214
Publication Date: 30 April 2026
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Further / Higher Education , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction – Pallawi Sinha, Sarah Richards and Marianna Stella 1. Exploring the Value of Childness – Kate Bacon and Zoe O’Riordan 2. Children’s Autonomous Use of Play and Art in Constructing Their Social and Cultural Worlds – Nicole Jamison 3. Children as Researchers and Change-Makers in Their Communities – Helen Lomax 4. The Complexities and Multidimensional Aspects of Children and Childhood in Foster Care Research – Judite Le 5. Children as Active Agents Shaping Women’s Strategies in Terminating Male-to-Female Intimate Partner Violence – Ivana Lessner Listiakova and Hana Smitkova 6. Children and professionals’ Perspectives on Child Participation in Public Law Legal Proceedings – Sara Hammond, Sarah Crafter and Johanna Motzkau 7. Agentic Participation in the Digital Landscapes of Childhoods - Kelly-Marie Taylor 8. Children’s Reflections on War, Death, and Mourning – Maciej Wróblewski 9. Provincialising Childhood – Pallawi Sinha

Pallawi Sinha is Senior Lecturer in Childhood Studies and Education at the University of Suffolk. Sarah Richards is Professor of Childhood Studies and Head of Suffolk Doctoral College at the University of Suffolk. Marianna Stella is Senior Lecturer in Childhood and Education at the University of Suffolk.