The Frontiers of Democracy: The Right to Vote and its Limits

Beckman, L.

The Frontiers of Democracy offers a comprehensive examination of restrictions on the vote in democracies today. For the first time, the reasons for excluding people (prisoners, children, intellectually disabled, non-citizens) from the suffrage in contemporary societies is critically examined from the point of view of democratic theory.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2009-08-20

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230219632

DOI: 10.1057/9780230244962

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 229