DOI: 10.1111/chso.70119 ISSN: 0951-0605
Building Community From Childhood: Potentials, Limitations and Challenges of Children's Participation in TEO (Spain)
Xabier Riádigos‐Couso, María Formoso‐Silva, Aida Lorenzo‐CamposABSTRACT
The article examines the perceptions of children and socio‐educational agents regarding child participation in Teo (A Coruña, Spain), a municipality recognised as a Child Friendly City. A mixed exploratory‐descriptive study is conducted using questionnaires ( N = 141) and semi‐structured interviews (8). The results reveal progress in the commitments made to promote children's participation, with the municipal council emerging as a conducive space for its realisation. Accountability and raising awareness among adults emerge as the main challenges to increasing participation and, consequently, actual levels of democracy in the municipality.