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OverviewThis edited volume offers a critical, thorough, and interdisciplinary examination of arguments for eliminating the minimum democratic voting age. As children and youth increasingly assert their political voices on issues such as climate change, gun legislation, Black Lives Matter, and education reform, calls for youth enfranchisement merit further academic conversation. Leading scholars in childhood studies, political science, philosophy, history, law, medicine, and economics come together in this collection to explore the diverse assumptions behind excluding children from voting rights and why these are open to question. While arriving at different and sometimes competing conclusions, each chapter deconstructs the idea of voting as necessarily tied to age while reconstructing a more democratic imagination able to enfranchise the third of humanity made up by children and youth. Thus, this book defines and establishes a new field of academic study and public debate around children'ssuffrage. Chapter “The Reform that never happened: a history of children's suffrage restrictions” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John WallPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2022 Weight: 0.442kg ISBN: 9783031145407ISBN 10: 3031145402 Pages: 225 Publication Date: 02 January 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1 Introduction: Children’s Suffrage Studies Part I Theoretical Frameworks 2 Silence Is Poison: Explaining and Curing Adult “Apathy” 3 How Low Can You Go? The Capacity to Vote Among Young Citizens 4 The Case for Children’s Voting Part II Historical Contexts 5 The Enfranchisement of Women Versus the Enfranchisement of Children 6 De-Colonizing Children’s Suffrage: Engagements with Dr B R Ambedkar’s Ideas on Democracy 7 The Reform that Never Happened: A History of Children’s Suffrage Restrictions Part III Practical Considerations 8 Generational Economics 9 Legality of Age Restrictions on Voting: A Canadian Perspective 10 A View from Paediatric Medicine: Competence, Best Interests, and Operational PragmatismReviewsAuthor InformationJohn Wall is Professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Childhood Studies, at Rutgers University Camden, USA. He also co-founded the international organization Children's Voting Colloquium. He has previously written and edited eight books, including Give Children the Vote (2021). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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