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Peer reviewedHelwig, Charles C. – Child Development, 1998
Used cases of democratic and non-democratic governmental systems and freedom of speech to investigate 6- to 11-year-olds' notions of political fairness and democracy. Found that political fairness concepts were applied at all ages to evaluate governmental systems and reject non-democratic alternatives. Older children were more likely than younger…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Comparative Analysis
