%0 Journal Article %T Participa£¿£¿o social e protagonismo: reflex£¿es a partir das Confer¨ºncias de Direitos da Crian£¿a e do Adolescente no Brasil %A Lazzaretti De Souza %A Ana Paula %A Finkler %A Lirene %A Dalbosco Dell'aglio %A D¨¦bora %A Koller %A Silvia Helena %J Avances en Psicolog¨ªa Latinoamericana %D 2010 %I Universidad del Rosario %X this paper examines the children and young people£¿s participation and protagonism rights based on the conferences on children and adolescents rights£¿ experience in brazil, based on childhood sociology. conferences£¿ documents were consulted on the brazilian government websites. these study findings revealed that young people£¿s participation has increased in the last conferences. however, it is necessary to promote a systematic and genuine participation through democratic relations construction in all development contexts where children and adolescent live in order to modify their life and society participative practices. %K children rights %K participation %K childhood sociology %K citizenship. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1794-47242010000200003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en