Politics of Democratic Representation - Enfranchisement and Participation Revisited

The book discusses boundaries of electoral inclusion and mechanisms of electoral representation in contemporary democracies. This book was originally published as a special issue of Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy.

List of contents

Introduction: Electoral representation revisited 1. Is child disenfranchisement justified? 2. Universal enfranchisement for citizens with cognitive disabilities - A moral-status argument 3. Should refugees in the European Union have voting rights? 4. Legislative expatriate representation: A conditional defence of overseas constituencies 5. What's wrong with the presentist bias? On the threat of intergenerational domination 6. Representing non-citizens: A proposal for the inclusion of all affected interests

About the author

Benjamin Boudou is Professor of political theory at the University of Rennes, France.
Marcus Carlsen Häggrot is a political theorist and post-doctoral researcher at Sciences Po, France.

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin Haggrot Boudou
• Assisted by: Benjamin Boudou (Editor), Marcus Carlsen Häggrot (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.05.2025
• EAN: 9781041043201
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4104320-1
• No. of pages: 146
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, LAW / Civil Law, LAW / Public, LAW / Civil Rights, LAW / Election Law, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, Social Law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Social law and Medical law