POLITICAL INCLUSION AS A MEANS OF GENERATING JUSTICE FOR CHILDREN
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Data de Publicação: | 2023 |
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Texto Completo: | https://doi.org/10.21814/eps.3.1.111 |
Resumo: | In this article it is argued that the position of children can be improved by ensuring them political representation, through inclusion in democratic processes. Embedding children as equal participants in democratic processes is likely to diminish the structural disadvantages to which they are currently subjected within modern democracies. Political and social institutions will have greater incentives to act proactively to support children, and children will have the same ability as other citizens to express their approval or disapproval of public actions undertaken on their behalf. In a global environment still characterised primarily by independent nation states, democracies provide the most fertile ground for the generation of just institutions. Those institutions work best, for the most active participants in the democracy. Children are, in all states, expressly excluded from active political participation, and as such their voices, desires, needs and rights are marginalised. Political inclusion for children is a first step to address this marginalisation. |
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POLITICAL INCLUSION AS A MEANS OF GENERATING JUSTICE FOR CHILDRENA INCLUSÃO POLÍTICA COMO MEIO DE GERAR JUSTIÇA PARA AS CRIANÇASOriginal ArticlesIn this article it is argued that the position of children can be improved by ensuring them political representation, through inclusion in democratic processes. Embedding children as equal participants in democratic processes is likely to diminish the structural disadvantages to which they are currently subjected within modern democracies. Political and social institutions will have greater incentives to act proactively to support children, and children will have the same ability as other citizens to express their approval or disapproval of public actions undertaken on their behalf. In a global environment still characterised primarily by independent nation states, democracies provide the most fertile ground for the generation of just institutions. Those institutions work best, for the most active participants in the democracy. Children are, in all states, expressly excluded from active political participation, and as such their voices, desires, needs and rights are marginalised. Political inclusion for children is a first step to address this marginalisation.Neste artigo argumenta-se que a posição das crianças pode ser melhorada se lhes for concedida representação política, mediante a sua inclusão nos processos democráticos. A inclusão das crianças como participantes iguais nos processos democráticos provavelmente atenuará as desvantagens estruturais a que estão sujeitas nas democracias contemporâneas. As instituições políticas e sociais terão maiores incentivos para agir de forma proactiva no sentido de apoiar as crianças, e as crianças terão a mesma capacidade dos demais cidadãos para exprimirem a sua aprovação ou rejeição em relação às ações públicas realizadas em seu nome. Num ambiente global ainda caracterizado principalmente por estados-nação independentes, as democracias oferecem o solo mais fértil para a criação de instituições justas. Essas instituições funcionam primacialmente para os que mais participam na democracia. As crianças estão, em todos os estados, expressamente excluídas da participação política ativa, e, nessa medida, as suas vozes, desejos, necessidades e direitos são marginalizados. A inclusão política das crianças é um primeiro passo para solucionar esta marginalizaçãoCentre for Ethics, Politics, and Society - ELACH, University of Minho2023-09-29info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://doi.org/10.21814/eps.3.1.111eng2184-25822184-2574Munn, Nicholasinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-01-29T10:56:40Zoai:journals.uminho.pt:article/5315Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T01:58:42.766648Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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POLITICAL INCLUSION AS A MEANS OF GENERATING JUSTICE FOR CHILDREN A INCLUSÃO POLÍTICA COMO MEIO DE GERAR JUSTIÇA PARA AS CRIANÇAS |
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POLITICAL INCLUSION AS A MEANS OF GENERATING JUSTICE FOR CHILDREN Munn, Nicholas Original Articles |
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Munn, Nicholas |
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In this article it is argued that the position of children can be improved by ensuring them political representation, through inclusion in democratic processes. Embedding children as equal participants in democratic processes is likely to diminish the structural disadvantages to which they are currently subjected within modern democracies. Political and social institutions will have greater incentives to act proactively to support children, and children will have the same ability as other citizens to express their approval or disapproval of public actions undertaken on their behalf. In a global environment still characterised primarily by independent nation states, democracies provide the most fertile ground for the generation of just institutions. Those institutions work best, for the most active participants in the democracy. Children are, in all states, expressly excluded from active political participation, and as such their voices, desires, needs and rights are marginalised. Political inclusion for children is a first step to address this marginalisation. |
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