Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Changing Views on Children and Sociopolitical Participation

2. Children as Strategic Participants

3. Children as Participants by Default

4. Children as Active Participants

5. Children’s Participation and Social Movement Theory

6. Conclusion

About the Author

Diane M. Rodgers is an Associate Professor at Northern Illinois University and author of Debugging the Link between Social Theory and Social Insects. Social movements, theory and science studies publications appear in The Sociological Quarterly, Sociological Spectrum, Humanity and Society, Sociological Inquiry, and Organization.