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The Frontiers of Democracy

The Right to Vote and its Limits

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  • © 2009

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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

  4. Alienated From the Vote: The Case of Non-Citizens

    • Ludvig Beckman
    Pages 62-89

  5. Too Young to Vote? Children’s Suffrage

    • Ludvig Beckman
    Pages 90-119

  6. Jailhouse Vote? Felon Disenfranchisement and Democratic Inclusion

    • Ludvig Beckman
    Pages 120-145

  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

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    Pages 188-196

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 197-229
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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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  • Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, Sweden

    Ludvig Beckman

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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