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Improving Public Policy for Children: A Vote for Each Child
Eine bessere Politik für Kinder: jedem Kind eine Stimme
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Abstract Changes in social policy in the United States (US) over the past four decades have provided health insurance for 100 percent of persons over age 65 and decreased poverty for this group while the number of children in poverty has risen and ten million are uninsured. This increasing intergenerational ... view more
Changes in social policy in the United States (US) over the past four decades have provided health insurance for 100 percent of persons over age 65 and decreased poverty for this group while the number of children in poverty has risen and ten million are uninsured. This increasing intergenerational inequity reflects political decisions where children lack a voice. The purposes of this paper are to: 1) summarize, from the fields of ethics, government, law, social welfare and public health, current thinking about enfranchisement of children; 2) review the evolution of voting and representation in the US and identify misperceptions about barriers to equitable representation of children; 3) discuss the legal basis for children being regarded as adults and adult proxy decision making for children; and 4) suggest strategies to stimulate an equitable system of child representation by altering our current system of voting.... view less
Keywords
child; suffrage; right to vote; United States of America; justice; ethics; legal basis; electoral system; representative democracy; law; social welfare; health care delivery system
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Law
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
Page/Pages
p. 139-143
Journal
Intergenerational Justice Review (2009) 4
Issue topic
Children's and Young People's Rights - with a Focus on the Right to Vote
DOI
https://doi.org/10.24357/igjr.4.4.511
ISSN
2190-6335
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed