Children's Self-determination in the Context of Early Childhood Education and Services: Discourses,

1. Introduction.- Practices.- 2. Practices  / 1. Italy. Facilitating participation in early childhood education.- 3. Practices / 2. Japan. The exploration of four-year-olds potential: focusing the democratic meeting during the Japanese Field Day.- 4. Practices / 3. Finland. A collective method of early childhood self-determination.- 5. Practices / 4. England. Finding the voice of children. Video-observation to discover children's claims of knowledge through play.- 6. Practices / 5. Kazakhstan. Keeping it real: making space for play in early education in Kazakhstan.- 7. Practices / 6. United States of America. Hybrid-transitions as a space for children's agency. A case-study from a pre-kindergarten in Boston.- 8. Practices  / 7. Wales. Foregrounding relationships in classroom practices framing children's learning: Case studies from two primary school classrooms in Wales.- 9. Practices / 8. New Zealand. "You are spectacular!" Considering babies' participation in an early childhood community.- Discourses. 10. Discourses / 1. Australia. Whose rights? The right of the child to be heard in the context of the family: An Australian early childhood perspective.- 11. Discourses / 2. Ireland. Two ears and only one mouth. Listening to children's voice in Irish Social Works through policy, cultural and organisational filters.- 12. Discourses / 3. Kenya. Challenging Negative Perceptions around the 'African Child'.- 13. Discourses / 4. Brazil. Accessing Disabled Children's Rights: Attitudes towards and Challenges for SEND in Brazil.- 14. Discourses / 5. Mexico. Children's Rights in Mexico. Analysis of a Legal and Policy Framework.- 15. Discourses / 6. England and Wales. The position of children's rights in the discourse on citizenship in Early Years Education and Care. The case of the Early Years Foundation Stage for England.- 16. Discourses / 7. New Zealand. "I have a new taiaha": Learning new ways to advocate for the rights of mokopuna Maori.- 17. Discourses / 8. China. Children's participation rights in Chinese early childhood education: a critical investigation of policy and research.- 18. As a conclusion, for the future. A discussion on trust, agency and the semantics of rights in intergenerational relationships.