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

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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 th...

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Main Author: Beckman, Ludvig (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects:
Political Science and International Relations.
Comparative Politics.
Democracy.
Electoral Politics.
Political Philosophy.
Political Science.
Political Theory.
Comparative government.
Elections.
Political science > Philosophy.
Political science.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 229 pages)
ISBN:9780230244962
DOI:10.1057/9780230244962