Lowering the Voting Age to 16 in Practice: Processes and Outcomes Compared
Lowering the Voting Age to 16 in Practice: Processes and Outcomes Compared
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将投票年龄降低至16岁的实践：过程与结果比较
作者：
J. Eichhorn;Johannes Bergh
对将投票年龄降至16岁可能产生的后果的研究过去是相当投机的，因为很少有国家执行较早的选举权。这种情况在过去十年中发生了变化。我们现在在不同的地区有一系列国家，主要是在欧洲和南美洲，在这些国家，16岁和17岁的人可以在部分或全部选举中投票。在许多这样的地方，实证研究让我们深入了解了年轻人的经历，以及这些变化对政治讨论的影响。然而，到目前为止，这些研究主要是在每个国家单独进行的，这使得比较困难。本文总结了在投票年龄较低的国家进行的实证研究的关键见解。它识别了常见的模式，但也强调了差异。总的来说，就政治参与和公民态度而言，这种影响似乎不是消极的，往往是积极的。然而，影响的综合性各不相同。这篇文章提供了一些可能的框架来理解差异，特别是通过反思导致选举权变化的过程，但也指出了知识上的差距，以及需要什么样的研究来产生系统的可比结果。
Research into the possible consequences of lowering the voting age to 16 used to be rather speculative in nature, as there were few countries that had implemented earlier enfranchisement. This has changed over the past decade. We now have a range of countries in different locations, mostly in Europe and South America, where 16- and 17-year-olds can vote in some or all elections. In many of those places empirical research has given us insights into the experiences of young people and the impact of those changes on political discussions. However, so far these studies have largely been conducted individually in each country, which makes comparisons difficult. This article summarises the key insights from empirical research across countries with lower voting ages. It identifies common patterns, but also highlights differences. Overall, the impact appears to not be negative and often positive in terms of political engagement and civic attitudes. However, the comprehensiveness of effects varies. The article offers some possible frameworks to understand differences, in particular by reflecting on the processes that led to voting franchise changes, but also indicates where gaps in knowledge remain, and what sort of research would be required to produce systematically comparable results.
16 日投票：苏格兰关于选举权的新见解
影响因子：
1.2
作者：
Eichhorn J
通讯作者：
Eichhorn J