Democracy And The Right To Vote
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The Frontiers Of Democracy
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Author : L. Beckman
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2009-08-20
The Frontiers Of Democracy written by L. Beckman and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-20 with Political Science categories.
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.
The Right To Vote
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Author : Alexander Keyssar
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2009-06-30
The Right To Vote written by Alexander Keyssar and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-30 with History categories.
Originally published in 2000, The Right to Vote was widely hailed as a magisterial account of the evolution of suffrage from the American Revolution to the end of the twentieth century. In this revised and updated edition, Keyssar carries the story forward, from the disputed presidential contest of 2000 through the 2008 campaign and the election of Barack Obama. The Right to Vote is a sweeping reinterpretation of American political history as well as a meditation on the meaning of democracy in contemporary American life.
Democracy And Disenfranchisement
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Author : Claudio López-Guerra
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Democracy And Disenfranchisement written by Claudio López-Guerra and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Political Science categories.
The denial of voting rights to certain types of persons continues to be a moral problem of practical significance. The disenfranchisement of persons with mental impairments, minors, noncitizen residents, nonresident citizens, and criminal offenders is a matter of controversy in many countries. How should we think morally about electoral exclusions? What should we conclude about these particular cases? This book proposes a set of principles, called the Critical Suffrage Doctrine, that defies conventional beliefs on the legitimate denial of the franchise. According to the Critical Suffrage Doctrine, in some realistic circumstances it is morally acceptable to adopt an alternative to universal suffrage that would exclude the vast majority of sane adults for being largely uninformed. Thus, contrary to what most people believe, current controversies on the franchise are not about exploring the limits of a basic moral right. Regarding such controversies, the Critical Suffrage Doctrine establishes that, in polities with universal suffrage, the blanket disenfranchisement of minors and the mentally impaired cannot be justified; that noncitizen residents should be allowed to vote; that excluding nonresident citizens is permissible; and that criminal offenders should not be disenfranchised-although facilitating voting from prison is not required in all contexts. Political theorists have rarely submitted the franchise to serious scrutiny. Hence this study makes a contribution to a largely neglected and important subject.
Democracy And The Right To Vote
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Author : Yasmin Dawood
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Democracy And The Right To Vote written by Yasmin Dawood and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with categories.
This Article advances a new analytic framework for the Supreme Court of Canada's theory of democracy and the right to vote. After setting forth the Court's general approach to democracy, I argue, first, that the Court has adopted a “bundle of democratic rights” approach to its understanding of the right to vote. By this I mean that the Court has interpreted the right to vote as consisting of multiple democratic rights, each of which is concerned with a particular facet of democratic governance. Second, I claim that the democratic rights recognized by the Court are best understood as “structural rights.” In its law of democracy decisions, the Court is attuned to the structural dimension of democratic rights because it recognizes that an individual's exercise of his or her rights takes place within an existing organization of social and political power. Structural rights theory thus offers a new way to account for the individual and institutional dimension of democratic rights. I argue that the Court's recognition of multiple democratic rights, and its attention to the structural dimension of these rights, has enabled it to regulate the democratic process as a whole. This Article examines how the Court has regulated a wide array of complex issues - such as the structure of representation, electoral redistricting, the role of money in elections, individual participation, political equality, and the regulation of political parties - by using the mechanism of rights. It also shows how many of the internal tensions in the Court's law of democracy decisions have their roots in conflicts among these democratic rights. Instead of suppressing these conflicts, I claim that the Court should render them transparent and provide a justification for the resolution it ultimately reaches. In sum, the Supreme Court's approach to democracy and the right to vote provides a useful paradigm for courts in other jurisdictions that are likewise faced with the complexity of supervising the democratic process.
Citizenship As Foundation Of Rights
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Author : Richard Sobel
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016-10-26
Citizenship As Foundation Of Rights written by Richard Sobel and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-26 with Law categories.
Citizenship as Foundation of Rights explains what it means to have citizen rights and how national identification requirements undermine them.
Democracy For All
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Author : Ronald Hayduk
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2006
Democracy For All written by Ronald Hayduk and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Political Science categories.
This volume is a collection of all-new original essays covering everything from feminist to postcolonial readings of the play as well as source queries and analyses of historical performances of the play. The Merchant of Venice is a collection of seventeen new essays that explore the concepts of anti-Semitism, the work of Christopher Marlowe, the politics of commerce and making the play palatable to a modern audience. The characters, Portia and Shylock, are examined in fascinating detail. With in-depth analyses of the text, the play in performance and individual characters, this book promises to be the essential resource on the play for all Shakespeare enthusiasts.
Democracy The Threshold Of Freedom
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Author : Harold Foote Gosnell
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 1977
Democracy The Threshold Of Freedom written by Harold Foote Gosnell and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Political Science categories.
Elections And Democracy
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Author : J. J. A. Thomassen
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
Release Date : 2014
Elections And Democracy written by J. J. A. Thomassen and has been published by Oxford University Press (UK) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Medical categories.
'Elections and Democracy' is based on data from the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems, spanning 36 countries. It considers the majoritarian and consensus models of democracy and how their embodiment in institutional structures influence vote choice, political participation and satisfaction within a functioning democracy.
Voting In Old And New Democracies
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Author : Richard Gunther
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-08-11
Voting In Old And New Democracies written by Richard Gunther and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-11 with Political Science categories.
Voting in Old and New Democracies examines voting behavior and its determinants based on 26 surveys from 18 countries on five continents between 1992 and 2008. It systematically analyzes the impact on voting choice of factors rooted in the currently dominant approaches to the study of electoral behavior, but adds to this analysis factors introduced or reintroduced into this field by the Comparative National Elections Project (CNEP)—socio-political values, and political communication through media, personal discussion, and organizational intermediaries. It demonstrates empirically that these long-neglected factors have significant political impact in many countries that previous studies have overlooked, while "economic voting" is insignificant in most elections once long-term partisan attitudes are taken into consideration. Its examination of electoral turnout finds that the strongest predictor is participation by other family members, demonstrating the importance of intermediation. Another chapter surveys cross-national variations in patterns of intermediation, and examines the impact of general social processes (such as socioeconomic and technological modernization), country-specific factors, and individual-level attitudinal factors as determinants of those patterns. Complementing its cross-national comparative analysis is a detailed longitudinal case study of one country over 25 years. Finally, it examines the extent of support for democracy as well as significant cross-national differences in how democracy is understood by citizens. Written in a clear and accessible style, Voting in Old and New Democracies significantly advances our understanding of citizen attitudes and behavior in election settings.
Our Unfinished March
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Author : Eric Holder
language : en
Publisher: One World
Release Date : 2022-05-10
Our Unfinished March written by Eric Holder and has been published by One World this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-10 with Political Science categories.
A brutal, bloody, and at times hopeful history of the vote; a primer on the opponents fighting to take it away; and a playbook for how we can save our democracy before it’s too late—from the former U.S. Attorney General on the front lines of this fight Voting is our most important right as Americans—“the right that protects all the others,” as Lyndon Johnson famously said when he signed the Voting Rights Act—but it’s also the one most violently contested throughout U.S. history. Since the gutting of the act in the landmark Shelby County v. Holder case in 2013, many states have passed laws restricting the vote. After the 2020 election, President Trump’s effort to overturn the vote has evolved into a slow-motion coup, with many Republicans launching an all-out assault on our democracy. The vote seems to be in unprecedented peril. But the peril is not at all unprecedented. America is a fragile democracy, Eric Holder argues, whose citizens have only had unfettered access to the ballot since the 1960s. He takes readers through three dramatic stories of how the vote was won: first by white men, through violence and insurrection; then by white women, through protests and mass imprisonments; and finally by African Americans, in the face of lynchings and terrorism. Next, he dives into how the vote has been stripped away since Shelby—a case in which Holder was one of the parties. He ends with visionary chapters on how we can reverse this tide of voter suppression and become a true democracy where every voice is heard and every vote is counted. Full of surprising history, intensive analysis, and actionable plans for the future, this is a powerful primer on our most urgent political struggle from one of the country's leading advocates.