Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Votes for kids: why we should be giving children a say in elections

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par Christian Schemmel, Senior Lecturer in Political Theory, University of Manchester

It’s not controversial to say that contemporary affluent societies do a rather poor job of taking the interests of younger generations into account. This is not only because children can’t vote and the elderly tend to turn up to elections in higher numbers. It’s also because many societies have ageing populations, making them demographically stacked against the youngest.

In Italy, for example, 60%…

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