Exploring Children's Suffrage

John Wall is Professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Childhood Studies, at Rutgers University Camden, USA. He also co-founded the international organization Children's Voting Colloquium. He has previously written and edited eight books, including Give Children the Vote (2021).

• Chapter1: Introduction: Children’s Suffrage Studies.- Part I. Theoretical Frameworks.- Chapter2: Silence is Poison: Explaining and Curing Adult “Apathy,”.- Chapter3: How Low Can You Go? The Capacity to Vote Among Young Citizens.- Chapter4: The Case for Children’s Voting.- Part II. Historical Contexts.- Chapter5: The Enfranchisement of Women vs the Enfranchisement of Children.- Chapter6: De-Colonizing Children’s Suffrage: Engagements with Dr. B R Ambedkar’s Ideas on Democracy.- Chapter7: The Reform that Never Happened: A History of Children’s Suffrage Restrictions.- Part III. Practical Considerations.- Chapter8: Generational Economics.- Chapter9: Legality of Age Restrictions on Voting: A Canadian Perspective.- Chapter10: A View from Paediatric Medicine: Competence, Best Interests, and Operational Pragmatism.