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The girls are at the bottom of the hierarchical distribution of resources, status, and power. In this context, they navigate their lives by attempting to claim a sense of worth. In so doing, they simultaneously draw upon and reinforce dominant societal ideals of citizenship (comprising ideals of meritocracy ), and thus the hierarchical structure. This study contradicts what others have suggested: that the girls operate with a set of separate values. In actuality, their values are the dominant ideals of the society in which they live. In their families, intersecting structures of race/ethnicity, class, and gender shape how the girls navigate family by attempting to claim status above that of a girl, as well as that of a child. In doing so, they draw upon mainstream ideals of citizenship encompassing autonomy and self-governance.
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Davis, C.P. (2017). Conclusion. In: Girls and Juvenile Justice. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42845-1_7
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