Children's Voices in Politics

Michael S. Cummings is founding Chair and Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Colorado Denver and University of Colorado President's Teaching Scholar. He is author or editor of nine books and dozens of articles and book chapters, including the APSA award-winning book Beyond Political Correctness: Social Transformation in the United States . He is a long-time activist in electoral politics and progressive causes, especially the rights of children and people with disabilities. He drew inspiration from the early activism of his children, Anthony and Eliza.

lt;p>Preface: Teach Your Parents Well

Introduction: The Death and Life of Democracy in the Twenty-First Century

Chapter 1 Children's Right to Utopia and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Chapter 2 The Construction of Childhood in Political Philosophy, History, and Culture

Chapter 3 Youth as Scientists, Innovators, and Leaders

Chapter 4 The Bane of Ma/Paternalism

Chapter 5 The Boon of Ma/Paternalism

Chapter 6 Children's Political Beliefs

Chapter 7 Embers of Empowerment in Contemporary Youth Activism

Chapter 8 Leading Scholarship on Children's Activism, 1990-2019

Chapter 9 The Logic of Democratic and Aristocratic Theory

Chapter 10 Children to the Rescue at the Polls, in the Streets, in Office

Chapter 11 Many Paths to Empowerment

Conclusion: Youthquake

Bibliography

Index