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'The last milestone' on the journey to full adult suffrage? 50 years of debates about the voting age
Descripción editorial
Adrian Bingham reflects on the potential impacts of granting 'Votes at 16' on the British uncertain political landscape: do sixteen year-olds have the democratic capacity (or inclination) to make informed decisions, or is this part of a wider debate about the definition of citizenship in Britain?