The hegemonic cultural and economic model of our societies – neoliberalism– is premised upon self-valorization and unbridled competition at all levels, including the education system. This erodes the democratic ethos and fosters the development of regressive and destructive drives. The contribution looks at how the Capability Approach, with specific reference to Nussbaum’s version, can offer an alternative perspective in a context as peculiar as the protection system, where participation is mediated by institutional actors such as the social service and the court. By drawing on the results of consultations with care leavers, conducted within the European REC project Empowering Child Care Systems and Supporting Leaving Care from Inside, it will be argued how questions about who, how and on whose terms need to be asked for the patterns underlying participation, including conflict, to be deconstructed, developing a model of democratic participation understood as a dialogical and constructive process.

Il modello culturale ed economico egemonico delle nostre società – il neoliberismo – si basa sull’autovalorizzazione e sulla competizione sfrenata anche nel sistema educativo, erodendo l’ethos democratico e favorendo lo sviluppo di spinte regressive e distruttive. Il contributo propone il Capability Approach, con specifico riferimento alla declinazione di Nussbaum, come una prospettiva alternativa, in un contesto peculiare come il sistema di tutela minorile, dove la partecipazione è mediata da attori istituzionali come il servizio sociale e il tribunale. A partire dai temi emersi durante le consultazioni con i care leavers, condotte nell’ambito del progetto europeo REC Empowering Child Care Systems and Supporting Leaving Care from Inside, si argomenterà che interrogativi su chi, come e a quali condizioni debbano essere posti per decostruire gli impliciti alla base della partecipazione, compreso il conflitto, promuovendo un modello di partecipazione democratica intesa come processo dialogico e costruttivo.

Biffi, E., Pippa, S., Montà, C. (2023). Child participation in the protection system through the lenses of the capability approach: questions about who, how and whose terms. METIS, 13(1), 289-302 [10.30557/MT00261].

Child participation in the protection system through the lenses of the capability approach: questions about who, how and whose terms

Biffi, E
;
Pippa, S
;
Montà, CC
2023

Abstract

The hegemonic cultural and economic model of our societies – neoliberalism– is premised upon self-valorization and unbridled competition at all levels, including the education system. This erodes the democratic ethos and fosters the development of regressive and destructive drives. The contribution looks at how the Capability Approach, with specific reference to Nussbaum’s version, can offer an alternative perspective in a context as peculiar as the protection system, where participation is mediated by institutional actors such as the social service and the court. By drawing on the results of consultations with care leavers, conducted within the European REC project Empowering Child Care Systems and Supporting Leaving Care from Inside, it will be argued how questions about who, how and on whose terms need to be asked for the patterns underlying participation, including conflict, to be deconstructed, developing a model of democratic participation understood as a dialogical and constructive process.
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child and youth participation; protection system; capability approach; CarINg project
English
2023
13
1
289
302
open
Biffi, E., Pippa, S., Montà, C. (2023). Child participation in the protection system through the lenses of the capability approach: questions about who, how and whose terms. METIS, 13(1), 289-302 [10.30557/MT00261].
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