Democracy and Disfranchisement: The Morality of Electoral Exclusions

by Claudio Lopez-Guerra

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198705786
• ISBN13: 9780198705789
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.3"