Democracy and noncitizen voting rights

被引:60
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作者
Song, Sarah [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
关键词
borders; citizenship; democracy; noncitizens; territory; voting rights; CITIZENSHIP; ALIENS; VOTE;
D O I
10.1080/13621020903309607
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
The boundaries of democracy are typically defined by the boundaries of formal status citizenship. Such state-centered theories of democracy leave many migrants without a voice in political decision-making in the areas where they live and work, giving rise to a problem of democratic legitimacy. Drawing on two democratic principles of inclusion, the all affected interests and coercion principles, this article elaborates this problem and examines two responses offered by scholars of citizenship for what receiving states might do. The first approach involves expanding the circle of citizenship to include resident noncitizens. A second approach involves disaggregating the fights conventionally associated with citizenship from the legal status of citizenship and extending some of those fights, including voting rights, to resident noncitizens. This article argues that both approaches fall short of satisfying the democratic principles of inclusion, which call for enfranchising individuals not only beyond the boundaries of citizenship but also beyond territorial boundaries.
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页码:607 / 620
页数:14
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