Young People’s Human Rights and The Politics of Voting Age

• Main Author: Grover, Sonja C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice ; 6
• Subjects: Political science.; Law.; Sociology.; Developmental psychology.; Psychology.; Political Science and International Relations.; Political Science.; Law, general.; Developmental Psychology.; Law and Psychology.; Sociology, general.

Young People’s Human Rights and The Politics of Voting Age is the first book to address in-depth the topic of voting age eligibility as a universal fundamental human rights issue rather than an internal, discretionary State policy matter. International perspectives on the issue of voting age eligibi...

Table of Contents:

• Part I Alternative Philosophical Perspectives on the Origin and Nature of Human Rights
• Part II Examples of Contextual Factors in the Youth Struggle for the Vote
• Part III The Human Rights Imperative and Minimum Voting Age
• Part IV: Austria and the Vote at 16
• Part V The U.K. Example of Resistance to the Vote at 16: The U.K. Electoral Commissions and Social Scientists
• Part VI: 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 The Youth Vote as a Human Right and Resistance from High Profile International and National Human Rights Gatekeepers
• Part VIII Unconstitutional Age-Based Discrimination in the Vote Applied on Account of Young Age
• Part IX Minors’ Perspectives on Their Citizenship Status
• Part X Two Different Standards for Enfranchisement: A ‘Rights Standard’ for Adults and a Supposed ‘Competency Qualification Standard’ for Minors
• Part XI: Conclusion
• Reference.