Excursions as corporate agents: A critical realist account of children’s agency
Excursions as corporate agents: A critical realist account of children’s agency
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作为企业代理人的短途旅行：对儿童机构的批判现实主义描述
作者：
C. Larkins
最近的理论化儿童的机构集中在关系的方法。批判现实主义可以提供额外的理论强化，因为它要求关注相对持久的劣势和潜在权力模式。对儿童和青少年的前瞻性研究证实了阿切尔关于自我、社会行为者、主要代理人和公司代理人影响力的概念的相关性。有时，有组织的集体中的孩子们会设定议程，并塑造一些影响他人的环境。当修改的一代敏感的见解，阿彻的框架可以提供儿童的个人和集体的机构的理解。这些见解也可能加强对儿童和童年的批判现实主义理解。
Recent theorising of children’s agency has focused on relational approaches. Critical realism can provide additional theoretical reinforcement as it demands a focus on relatively enduring patterns of disadvantage and potential powers. Participatory research with children and young people confirms the relevance of Archer’s conception of influence achieved by Selves, Social Actors, and Primary and Corporate Agents. In moments, children within organised collectivities set agendas and shape some circumstances that affect others. When modified by generation-sensitive insights, Archer’s framework may provide understandings of children’s individual and collective agency. These insights might also strengthen critical realist understandings of children and childhood.