Youth Quotas and other Efficient Forms of Youth Participation in Ageing Societies

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tremmel, Jörg (Editor), Mason, Antony (Editor), Godli, Petter Haakenstad (Editor), Dimitrijoski, Igor (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Political science.; Population.; Social groups.; Family.; Youth.; Social Sciences.; Sociology of Familiy, Youth and Aging.; Population Economics.; Political Science.

This book examines ways to ensure that the rights, interests and concerns of young people are properly represented in Western democracies. One new proposal is the introduction of youth quotas in political institutions in order to counter the possible marginalization of young people caused by demogra...