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The silent consensus: Linking citizenship and young people

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Judith Bessant
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Abstract

In the current debates about citizenship, children and young people are profoundly affected by the exclusionary criteria that determine who is and who is not a citizen. This article asks how young people are currently treated as citizens. The Victorian Crimes Amendment Act (1994) provides a case study illustrating some of the ways young people's rights are denied in Australia. The article also asks how prevalent are certain assumptions that preclude young people from the category of citizenship. In a post-industrial context characterised by rapid transformation of traditional institutions critical to most young people, ie, ‘the family’ and full-time labour market, the importance of the inclusion of young people into the category of citizen becomes apparent.

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Research Article
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Children Australia , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , 1996 , pp. 29 - 38
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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