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

Part of the Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice Book Series (volume 6)

DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8963-2

ISBN: 978-90-481-8962-5

Publisher: Springer Netherlands - Springer Journals

Sep 30, 2010

1 - 10 of 11 Chapters

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Alternative Philosophical Perspectives on the Origin and Nature of Human Rights

Grover, Sonja C.

Pages: 3 –17

[We begin this inquiry by exploring the right to vote as an essential aspect of a citizen’s right to full integration into a particular State. In that regard, the right to vote is held to be fundamentally grounded on the natural inherent right each person possesses as a human being to belong to a...
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Examples of Contextual Factors in the Youth Struggle for the Vote

Grover, Sonja C.

Pages: 21 –25

[The contemporary international movement to lower the eligible voting age to below 18 years and grant the vote to youth (for example, persons aged 16 and 17 or perhaps even to persons as young as 14) is often perceived to be a novel struggle for a human right. However, history teaches that this...
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The Human Rights Imperative and Minimum Voting Age

Grover, Sonja C.

Pages: 29 –69

[The gatekeeper model of the emergence and legitimization of so-called ’new’ human rights claims is quite relevant to the youth voting rights issue. The model is helpful in thinking about why the issue of youth voting rights at 16 continues to be considered by most in the power elite, and by the...
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Austria and the Vote at 16

Grover, Sonja C.

Pages: 73 –77

[Austria is the first European country to constitutionally permit voting at age sixteen years for all elections. The Austrian constitution also allows for the possibility of a change in provincial and local regulations to allow for voting eligibility below age 16 years in provincial and local...
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The U.K. Example of Resistance to the Vote at 16: The U.K. Electoral Commission and Select U.K. Social Scientists

Grover, Sonja C.

Pages: 81 –96

[There has been a concerted effort in the United Kingdom in recent years by youth advocates, youth themselves and select politicians to lower the minimum voting age from 18 years to 16 years for all elections. This effort came close to success under the Labor Party’s rule with Tony Blair as Prime...
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The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Does it Really Make Age Discrimination in the Vote Against Under 18s Constitutional? The Broader Lessons

Grover, Sonja C.

Pages: 99 –130

[It is valuable to consider the arguments that were made in the U.S. Congress before and during the Vietnam War era for and against lowering the eligible voting age in U.S. federal and state elections from 21 to 18 years. That debate has implications for understanding of the resistance in...
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The Youth Vote as a Human Right and Resistance from High Profile International and National Human Rights Gatekeepers

Grover, Sonja C.

Pages: 133 –164

[Children as a class can be considered akin, in many aspects, to a vulnerable minority in terms of their human rights situation. This perspective is a useful one in considering the issue of minimum eligible voting age.]
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Unconstitutional Age-Based Discrimination in the Vote Applied on Account of Young Age

Grover, Sonja C.

Pages: 167 –213

[The absolute bar in electoral law against the vote for under 18 s has become not just a legal, but a cultural norm in many jurisdictions internationally. That cultural norm, however, is inadequate justification for denial of the basic inherent human right to universal suffrage.]
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Minors’ Perspectives on Their Citizenship Status

Grover, Sonja C.

Pages: 217 –224

[Social science offers intriguing findings regarding minors’ understanding of civil rights, citizenship and the vote. What we will discover is that minors, even very young children of eight or 9 years, are often keenly aware of their second-class citizenship and exclusion from the political...
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Two Different Standards for Enfranchisement: A ‘Rights Standard’ for Adults and a Supposed ‘Competency Qualification Standard’ for Minors

Grover, Sonja C.

Pages: 227 –233

[When it comes to age-based exclusion from suffrage, almost all Western democratic countries and most countries globally use 18 years as the demarcation point. This is accomplished by application of different standards for enfranchisement of ‘adult’ citizens versus ‘child’ citizens. More...

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