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Extraterritorial voting rights from a cosmopolitan perspective
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Abstract This article reviews the recent literature that analyses, within a normative cosmopolitan framework, the question of granting voting rights to "nonresidents" in circumstances defined by concerns for global justice. It examines such inquiries as grounded in a recognition of the democratic paradox, th... view more
This article reviews the recent literature that analyses, within a normative cosmopolitan framework, the question of granting voting rights to "nonresidents" in circumstances defined by concerns for global justice. It examines such inquiries as grounded in a recognition of the democratic paradox, that of democracy's domain; surveys the different applications of the all affected interests principle, commonly invoked as possible solution to the paradox; and advances a range of alternative analytical and normative frameworks to rethink the justification of extraterritorial rights. It concludes on a note regarding the normative potential of "modular citizenship" and virtual representation when articulated in a deliberative democratic key.... view less
Keywords
justice; cosmopolitanism; democracy; citizenship; territorial integrity; alien
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 159-173
Journal
Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review, 15 (2015) 2
ISSN
1582-4551
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works