Young People’s Human Rights and The Politics of Voting Age

1. Alternative Philosophical Perspectives on the Origin and Nature of Human Rights
Sonja C. Grover

2. Examples of Contextual Factors in the Youth Struggle for the Vote
Sonja C. Grover

3. The Human Rights Imperative and Minimum Voting Age
Sonja C. Grover

4. Austria and the Vote at 16
Sonja C. Grover

5. The U.K. Example of Resistance to the Vote at 16: The U.K. Electoral Commission and Select U.K. Social Scientists
Sonja C. Grover

6. The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Does it Really Make Age Discrimination in the Vote Against Under 18s Constitutional? The Broader Lessons
Sonja C. Grover

7. The Youth Vote as a Human Right and Resistance from High Profile International and National Human Rights Gatekeepers
Sonja C. Grover

8. Unconstitutional Age-Based Discrimination in the Vote Applied on Account of Young Age
Sonja C. Grover

9. Minors’ Perspectives on Their Citizenship Status
Sonja C. Grover

10. Two Different Standards for Enfranchisement: A ‘Rights Standard’ for Adults and a Supposed ‘Competency Qualification Standard’ for Minors
Sonja C. Grover

11. Concluding Comments
Sonja C. Grover

Keywords: Social Sciences, Political Science, Law, general, Developmental Psychology, Law and Psychology, Sociology