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The Frontiers of Democracy

The Right to Vote and its Limits

Palgrave Macmillan

Authors:

  1. Ludvig Beckman

    1. Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, Sweden

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction: Universal Suffrage on Trial

    • Ludvig Beckman
    Pages 1-22

  3. Democracy and Inclusion

    • Ludvig Beckman
    Pages 23-61

  5. Too Young to Vote? Children’s Suffrage

    • Ludvig Beckman
    Pages 90-119

  7. Disability, Dependence and Democracy

    • Ludvig Beckman
    Pages 146-166

  8. The Vote of Unborn Generations

    • Ludvig Beckman
    Pages 167-187

  9. Conclusion: Reasonable Inclusion and Exclusion

    • Ludvig Beckman
    Pages 188-196

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 197-229
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About this book

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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Keywords

  • children
  • democracy
  • disability
  • inclusion
  • suffrage
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, Sweden

    Ludvig Beckman

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About the author

LUDVIG BECKMAN is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, Sweden. He took his PhD at Uppsala University and has since published on genetics and privacy, children's rights, environmental justice, political professionalism and democratic theory.
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