{"product_id":"childrens-voices-in-politics-9783034319430","title":"Children's Voices in Politics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs the official political silencing of children in a democracy rational and just, or is it arbitrary and capricious? How might democratic polities benefit from the political engagement and activism of young people? Michael Cummings argues that allowing children equal political rights with adults is required by the basic logic of democracy and can help strengthen the weak democracies of the twenty-first century. A good start is for governments to honor their obligations under the ambivalently utopian UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Children’s political views differ from those of adults on issues such as race, sex, militarism, poverty, education, gun violence, and climate change. Young activists are now sparking change in many locations around the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface: Teach Your Parents Well\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Death and Life of Democracy in the Twenty-First Century \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Children’s Right to Utopia and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 The Construction of Childhood in Political Philosophy, History, and Culture\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Youth as Scientists, Innovators, and Leaders\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 The Bane of Ma\/Paternalism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 The Boon of Ma\/Paternalism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Children’s Political Beliefs\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Embers of Empowerment in Contemporary Youth Activism \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 Leading Scholarship on Children’s Activism, 1990–2019 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 The Logic of Democratic and Aristocratic Theory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 Children to the Rescue at the Polls, in the Streets, in Office \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Many Paths to Empowerment\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Youthquake\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043650437463,"sku":"9783034319430","price":53.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783034319430.jpg?v=1750959006","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/childrens-voices-in-politics-9783034319430","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}