ISBN:
9789048189632
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1282995553
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9781282995550
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XVII, 268p, digital)
Series Statement:
Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice 6
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Grover, Sonja C. Young people's human rights and the politics of voting age
Keywords:
Social sciences
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Law
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Political science
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Sociology
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Developmental psychology
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Law Psychological aspects
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Social Sciences
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Social sciences
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Law
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Political science
;
Sociology
;
Developmental psychology
;
Law Psychological aspects
;
Heranwachsender
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Menschenrecht
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Wahlrecht
;
Altersgrenze
;
Stimmrecht
Abstract:
Young People's Human Rights and The Politics of Voting Age explores the broader societal implications of voting age eligibility requirements and the legislative bar against youth voting in North America and in Commonwealth countries (where 'youth' is defined as persons 16 and over but under age 18). The issue is raised as to whether the denial of the youth vote undermines democratic principles and values and ultimately the human dignity of youth. This is the first book to address the topic of the youth vote in-depth as a fundamental human rights concern relating to the entitlement in a democracy to societal participation and inclusion in influencing policy and law which profoundly affects one's life. Also examined are international perspectives on the issue of voting age eligibility. The book would be extremely valuable for instructional purposes as one of the primary texts in undergraduate or graduate courses on children's human rights, political psychology, political science , sociology of law or society and as a supplementary text for courses on human rights or constitutional law and would be of interest also to members of the general public concerned with children's human rights issues.
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; Part I The Philosophical Context of the Minimum Voting Age Question; 1 Alternative Philosophical Perspectives on the Origin and Nature of Human Rights; Part II Socio-Cultural Factors and the Minimum Voting Age; 2 Examples of Contextual Factors in the Youth Struggle for the Vote; Part III Voting Age Eligibility: Human Rights Issue or Social Policy Matter?; 3 The Human Rights Imperative and Minimum Voting Age; Part IV A Victory for the Vote at 16 in Austria Goes Largely Ignored in Other States; 4 Austria and the Vote at 16
Description / Table of Contents:
Part V Rationalizing of the Violation of U.K. Youths Inherent Right to Suffrage5 The U.K. Example of Resistance to the Vote at 16: The U.K. Electoral Commission and Select U.K. Social Scientists; Part VI The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Eligible Voting Age; 6 The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Does it Really Make Age Discrimination in the Vote Against Under 18s Constitutional? The Broader Lessons; Part VII Barriers Coming From Unlikely Sources to Youth's Struggle to Access the Basic Human Right to Suffrage
Description / Table of Contents:
7 The Youth Vote as a Human Right and Resistance from High Profile International and National Human Rights GatekeepersPart VIII Re-Examining Alleged Rationales for the Bar Against the Vote for Under 18s; 8 Unconstitutional Age-Based Discrimination in the Vote Applied on Account of Young Age; Part IX Voting Age Eligibility and the Societal Marginalization of Under 18s; 9 Minors' Perspectives on Their Citizenship Status; Part X Unequal Treatment in Accessing the Inherent Right to Suffrage
Description / Table of Contents:
10 Two Different Standards for Enfranchisement: A 'Rights Standard' for Adults and a Supposed 'Competency Qualification Standard' for MinorsPart XI Recognizing the Vote at 16 Movement as a Fundamental Human Rights Struggle; 11 Concluding Comments; References
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
DOI:
10.1007/978-90-481-8963-2
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