Youth Quotas and other Efficient Forms of Youth Participation in Ageing Societies
This book examines ways to ensure that the rights, interests and concerns of young people are properly represented in Western democracies. One new proposal is the introduction of youth quotas in political institutions in order to counter the possible marg
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Jörg Tremmel • Antony Mason Petter Haakenstad Godli • Igor Dimitrijoski Editors
Youth Quotas and other Efficient Forms of Youth Participation in Ageing Societies
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Editors Jörg Tremmel Institute of Political Science University of Tübingen Tübingen Germany Antony Mason The Intergenerational Foundation London United Kingdom
Petter Haakenstad Godli Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations Oslo Norway Igor Dimitrijoski Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations Stuttgart Germany
Many articles of this anthology were originally presented at the symposium “Youth Quotas - the Answer to Changes in Age Demographics?” on 25-26 October 2013 in Stuttgart, Germany. This symposium was financially supported by the Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung. The work reported on in this publication has also benefited from participation in the network Rights to a Green Future, which is financed by the European Science Foundation.
ISBN 978-3-319-13430-7 ISBN 978-3-319-13431-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-13431-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2014960094 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Acknowledgements
Many of the articles of this anthology were originally presented at the academic symposium ‘Youth Quotas – The Answer to Changes in Age Demographics?’ held in Stuttgart, Germany in October 2013. We would like to thank all participants and actors involved in organizing the symposium, especially those who presented their articles and the two hosting organizations, the Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations (FRFG) and the Intergenerational Foundation (IF). Also, we would like to extend our gratitude to the two organizations that generously co-financed the event, the ENRI-Future Research Network Programme and the Fritz Thyssen Foundation. Without the support
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