Disenfranchising Democracy: Constructing the Electorate in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France

ISBN-13: 9781108455459 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 364 str.

David A. Bateman

Opis

Disenfranchising Democracy examines the exclusions that accompany democratization and provides a theory of the expansion and restriction of voting rights.

Recenzje

'David A. Bateman's new book explores nearly all of the crucial questions concerning democracy and inclusion that we are grappling with today … This is an excellent book that should be read and taught by scholars of political development.' Dawn Langan Teele, Political Science Quarterly

Spis treści

1. The puzzle of democratic disenfranchisement; Part I. The United States: 2. Revolutionary democracy; 3. The 'monstrous spectacle' of Jeffersonian democracy; 4 The white man's republic; Part II. The United Kingdom and France: 5. The fall of the Protestant constitution; 6. The republic through the side door; Conclusion.