Ataol, Özlemnur, Krishnamurthy, Sukanya, Druta, Oana, and van Wesemael, Pieter
Subjects
PATIENT participation, SOCIOLOGY, LEGISLATION, QUALITATIVE research, PUBLIC spaces, GOVERNMENT policy, METROPOLITAN areas
Abstract
Children's participation in the decision‐making and design of urban public spaces is crucial for achieving inclusive cities. International covenants have recognized the importance of participation as a right. Having adhered to these agreements, Turkey is obliged to enable children's participation in all public matters that concern them, including shaping urban spaces. This paper analyses national and local legislation in Turkey and Istanbul to distil how children's right to participate is legislated and institutionalised. It shows that lack of integrated child‐responsive legislation, accounting for children's individuality, and lack of collaboration between national and local governments are the root of the problem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
*SCHOOL environment, *AFFINITY groups, *LABELING theory, *SOCIAL norms, *SCHOOL discipline, *SELF-management (Psychology), *CONCEPTUAL structures, *SOCIAL work research, *EMOTIONS, *BULLYING, *SOCIAL case work
Abstract
Although psychological approaches have been the mainstay of scholarly research on school climate, offering state‐of‐the‐art measurements and methodologies, sociological perspectives remain essential perspectives because violence is essentially a social phenomenon. This paper offers a theoretical consideration of contributions to this field, focusing specifically on those that provide a critical historical lens. I suggest that while Foucault's approach to the disciplining of docile bodies and self‐restraint offers crucial conceptual tools, Norbert Elias's work—which is scarce in scholarly research on school climate—provides a complementary but necessary framework for understanding emotional and relational aspects of peer harassment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]