The intention of this article is to contribute to the debate about whether the voting age should
be lowered to the age of 16, by examining quantitative and qualitative data collected in a …

This article considers support programmes for direct entrant (DE) student transitions as a
widening participation strategy. We reflect upon one induction and support project with 27 …

This article explores the potential of youth transitions to explain and contextualize young
people's engagements with politics. It starts with the discussion of the alleged detachment …

How do young people participate in democratic societies? This book introduces the concept
of 'doing society'as a new theory of political action. Focused on Finnish youth, it innovatively …

This paper examines the rights claims-making that young people engaged in during the
2014 Scottish independence referendum when the right to vote was extended to 16-and 17 …

La crisis de representatividad política en Chile ha llevado a que la participación de jóvenes
disminuya en elecciones y aumente en movimientos sociales. Estos cambios podrían …

Dette temanummeret i Tidsskrift for ungdomsforskning om ungdoms læring, sosialisering,
mobilisering og deltakelse i demokratiet er skrevet i en tid med sterke ungdomsstemmer …

Within the UK, Scotland offers a unique case study of 'Votes-at-16'in practice. Research
provided evidence on the immediate effects of voting age reform on young people's …

After the enfranchisement of 16-and 17-year olds in the 2014 Scottish Independence
Referendum, much research continued to prioritise questions of how education influences …

Recently there has been renewed interest in the role of religion in the public sphere in the
context of a 'post‐secular'age characterized by the resurgence of religious identities and …