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Youth and Democracy: A Way Forward?
Primrose Riordan
“Jean Jacques Rousseau stated that “As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State ‘What does it matter to me?’ the State may be given up for lost”.1 In 2006 Australia is faced with two issues. Firstly, the relationship between youth and traditional politics is ailing and not substantial enough to ensure a democratic cohesive state …”
