The Politics of Democratic Representation
Enfranchisement and Participation Revisited
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The Politics of Democratic Representation
Enfranchisement and Participation Revisited
About this book
The book discusses boundaries of electoral inclusion and mechanisms of electoral representation in contemporary democracies.
While the ancient Athenians took the idea of rule by the people to require direct popular participation in public decision-making and the appointment of officials by lottery mechanisms, democracy is nowadays interpreted electorally. We partake in government mostly by electing the legislative, and sometimes executive, officials who in turn make the substantive decisions. Yet, who "we" is and how electoral representation should function remains hotly contested. Controversies abound about the proper configuration of the demos – the body of persons who are enfranchised – the ways it is to exercise electoral choice and agency. This book takes up several carefully selected questions from these theoretical and political debates. Looking at the (dis)enfranchisement of children, cognitively disabled persons, and refugees, and discussing the forms of representation that might be afforded to external voters, future generations, and non-citizens, the contributions develop innovative arguments applying the basic principles of electoral democracy to the complexities of specific, real-world cases. Doing so, the contributions offer timely, yet unorthodox, perspectives on the theory and practice of electoral democracy.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Citation Information
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction: Electoral Representation Revisited
- 1 Is child disenfranchisement justified?
- 2 Universal enfranchisement for citizens with cognitive disabilities – A moral-status argument
- 3 Should refugees in the European Union have voting rights?
- 4 Legislative expatriate representation: A conditional defence of overseas constituencies
- 5 What’s wrong with the presentist bias? On the threat of intergenerational domination
- 6 Representing non-citizens: A proposal for the inclusion of all affected interests
- Index