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Could Malala Yousafzai have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 without a ‘real’ adult, Kailash Satyarthi, at her side? In the context of contemporary discourses on children as political actors, such recognition of the powerful role of adolescents who are shaping global politics seems inconceivable.
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Holzscheiter, A. (2020). Children as Agents in International Relations? Transnational Activism, International Norms, and the Politics of Age. In: Beier, J. (eds) Discovering Childhood in International Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46063-1_4
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