Should the Voting Age be Lowered to Sixteen? Normative and Empirical Considerations
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 6344808 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Tak Wing Chan (0000-0001-7325-945X, University of Oxford), Matthew Clayton (University of Warwick) |
| Ano | 2006 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Fascículo | 3 |
| Páginas | 533-558 |
| Data de publicação | 2006-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248 |
| Editora | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2006.00620.x |
| OpenAlex | W2099737081 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 73 |
| Referências citadas | 19 |
This article is an examination of the issue of whether the age of electoral majority should be lowered to sixteen. We consider and reject several arguments raised by both sides of the voting age debate. The key issue, we claim, is the political maturity of young people. Drawing on empirical data collected in nationally representative surveys, we argue that the weight of such evidence suggests that young people are, to a significant degree, politically less mature than older people, and that the voting age should not be lowered to sixteen
Actuarial science · Demographic economics · Economics · Empirical evidence · Empirical examination · Empirical research · Maturity (psychological · Normative · Political science · Politics · Statistics · Voting · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements
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