Children and democracy: theory and policy

Francis Schrag
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Francis Schrag: University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 2004, vol. 3, issue 3, 365-379

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: justice; democracy; children (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1177/1470594X04046248

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