Can Democracy Represent Children? Toward a Politics of Difference

Autor/in	Wall, John
Titel	Can Democracy Represent Children? Toward a Politics of Difference
Quelle	In: Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 19 (2012) 1, S.86-100 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0907-5682
DOI	10.1177/0907568211406756
Schlagwörter	Democracy; Citizenship Education; Childrens Rights; Politics; Public Policy; Laws; Voting; Citizen Participation; Age; Political Attitudes; Social Change + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demokratie; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; 'Children''s rights'; Kindesrecht; Politik; Öffentliche Ordnung; Law; Recht; Abstimmung; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Alter; Lebensalter; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Sozialer Wandel
Abstract	Children and youth under 18 have made significant strides in recent years toward fuller inclusion in democratic processes. These strides, however, rarely rise to the level of direct political representation, whether in changing policies, making laws, or voting. This article argues that democracies will be able to represent children only by transforming what is meant by democratic representation in the first place. It shows why democratic theory has traditionally excluded children, how representation is more than just participation or citizenship, and how current children's political movements provide lessons for a more expansive politics of direct representation regardless of age. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10