Citizenship and the franchise

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The struggle for universal suffrage has been a paradigmatic political struggle in the modern state, as people have striven to achieve full and equal citizenship. This chapter examines - from a conceptual, legal and historical perspective - the ‘selection’ of voters as one of the core hallmarks of citizenship in modern democracies. It explores the ways in which the ideas and practices of citizenship intersect with the right to vote, allowing us to probe the contribution of citizenship as a legal status underpinning the definition of the franchise to democratic self-government as a political ideal.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOxford Handbook of Citizenship
EditorsAyelet Shachar, Rainer Bauböck, Irene Bloemraad, Maarten Vink
Place of PublicationOxford
PublisherOxford University Press
Pages290-312
ISBN (Print)9780198805854
Publication statusPublished - 3 Aug 2017

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NameOxford Handbooks

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • citizenship
  • franchise
  • voting rights
  • suffrage
  • electoral rights
  • elections
  • referendums
  • democracy
  • demos

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