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ISBN 10: 0131950800
ISBN 13: 9780131950801
Author: Judy Penn, Elizabeth Hanson
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.
1 Introduction: Universal Suffrage on Trial
Arguing the franchise
The problem of inclusion
The practice of exclusion
The right to vote and alternative models of democracy
2 Democracy and Inclusion
Defining inclusion
The democratic people
Are unequal political rights ever justified?
Conclusions
3 Alienated From the Vote: The Case of Non-Citizens
Inclusion and membership
Territorial jurisdiction and the all affected principle
The right of non-resident citizens to vote
Temporary visitors and other border cases
Conclusions
4 Too Young to Vote? Children’s Suffrage
Children and the all affected principle
Justification and children
Defending the exclusion of children
Conclusions
5 Jailhouse Vote? Felon Disenfranchisement and Democratic Inclusion
Felons and the all affected principle
Electoral fraud and disenfranchisement
The moral authority to vote
Conclusions
6 Disability, Dependence and Democracy
Rules of incompetence
Two conceptions of independence
Political equality and political independence
The wider implications of political equality
Conclusions
7 The Vote of Unborn Generations
Some preliminary issues
Are future people legal subjects?
Constitutions and constraints
Reasonable representation?
Conclusions
8 Conclusion: Reasonable Inclusion and Exclusion
The idea of democratic inclusion
The idea of reasonable inclusion
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Tags: Judy Penn, Elizabeth Hanson, Frontiers, Democracy
