Democracy and disenfranchisement : the morality of electoral exclusions
López-Guerra, ClaudioAuthor
Lâopez-Guerra, ClaudioAuthor
The denial of voting rights to certain types of persons continues to be a moral problem of practical significance. The disenfranchisement of persons with mental impairments, minors, non-citizen residents, non-resident citizens, and criminal offenders is a matter of controversy. How should we think morally about electoral exclusions? What should we conclude about these particular cases? This book proposes a set of principles, called the Critical Suffrage Doctrine, that defies conventional beliefs on the legitimate denial of the franchise.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The denial of voting rights to certain types of persons continues to be a moral problem of practical significance. The disenfranchisement of persons with mental impairments, minors, non-citizen residents, non-resident citizens, and criminal offenders is a matter of controversy. How should we think morally about electoral exclusions? What should we conclude about these particular cases? This book proposes a set of principles, called the Critical Suffrage Doctrine, that defies conventional beliefs on the legitimate denial of the franchise.
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Suffrage
Political rights, Loss of
Voting
Government - General
Law, Politics & Government
Political Institutions & Public Administration - General