Description
Originally published in German in 2002, Wahlrecht für Kinder – Eine Streitschrift was the first book to make the case for children’s right to vote. This new translation, Voting Rights for Children – a polemic, renders Mike Weimann’s uncompromising logic accessible to an international audience of adults and children. Weimann resolutely sets out to persuade his readers of the necessity of removing illogical barriers to children’s suffrage by refuting every time-honoured objection with his succinct and flawless reasoning. However readers may instinctively feel about children having the vote before reading this book, many will no doubt find themselves challenging their own views on democracy after just a few pages.
Voting Rights for Children – a polemic includes an updated introduction by the author and a foreword by Professor John Wall (Childism Institute, Rutgers University).
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Common Threads –
“Mike Weimann´s book is an absolute ‘must’ for all who are involved in the rights of children. And, of course for all others. Whether one shares his standpoint or not – at least for now – the reader holds in his or her hands a book that will sufficiently spark a heated discussion concerning the political rights of children, the reason being that the book considers in appropriate detail and seriousness the rights of children to participate in the political arena.”
Thomas Krüger
President of the German Children’s Fund
Shelly –
“Voting Rights for Children – a polemic remains fresh, provocative and eloquent. It is a polemic in the best sense of the word: a call for challenging new thought. The ideas are farsighted. They speak to children and adults, activists and academics, citizens and politicians. Above all, they make crystal clear why children’s suffrage is the key to just and thriving democracies.”
Professor John Wall
Childism Institute, Rutgers University