The frontiers of democracy
Subtitle: the right to vote and its limits
By: Ludvig Beckman.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9780230219632
Subjects: Suffrage; Political participation; Political rights
Description: Why isn't everyone entitled to participate in democratic elections? Is the idea of democracy compatible with the persistent disenfranchisment of prisoners, people with cognitive impairments, non-citizens and children? These questions are answered in this original book.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.