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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 the point of view of democratic theory.

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Introduction: Universal Suffrage on Trial Democracy and Inclusion Alienated from the Vote: The Case of Non-Citizens Too Young to Vote? Children's Suffrage Jailhouse Vote? Felon Disenfranchisement and Democractic Inclusion Disability, Dependence and Democracy The Vote of Unborn Generations Conclusions: Reasonable Inclusion and Exclusion

The Frontiers of Democracy The Right to Vote and its Limits

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      Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan UK
      Publication Date: 8/20/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780230219632, 978-0230219632
      ISBN10: 0230219632
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      Comparative politics Democracy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: Universal Suffrage on Trial Democracy and Inclusion Alienated from the Vote: The Case of Non-Citizens Too Young to Vote? Children's Suffrage Jailhouse Vote? Felon Disenfranchisement and Democractic Inclusion Disability, Dependence and Democracy The Vote of Unborn Generations Conclusions: Reasonable Inclusion and Exclusion

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