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Children and democracy: theory and policy

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  • Francis Schrag

    (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)

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This article identifies four approaches to arguing for democracy, showing that none has an adequate way of supporting both full adult inclusion and the exclusion of children. I focus in Section 2 on the arguments of David Estlund and Thomas Christiano, showing that their arguments against guardianship call into question the exclusion of children from the franchise. In Section 3, I explain why the exclusion of children constitutes an injustice, and in the final section, I consider two approaches to remedying that injustice.

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  • Francis Schrag, 2004. "Children and democracy: theory and policy," Politics, Philosophy & Economics, , vol. 3(3), pages 365-379, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:pophec:v:3:y:2004:i:3:p:365-379
    DOI: 10.1177/1470594X04046248
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    1. Stutzer, Alois & Baltensperger, Michael & Meier, Armando N., 2019. "Overstrained citizens? The number of ballot propositions and the quality of the decision process in direct democracy," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 483-500.
    2. Stutzer, Alois & Baltensperger, Michael & Meier, Armando N., 2018. "Overstrained Citizens?," Working papers 2018/25, Faculty of Business and Economics - University of Basel.

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    justice; democracy; children;
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