Prisoner enfranchisement remains one of the few contested electoral issues in twenty-first century democracies. It is at the intersection of punishment and representative government. This book is the first comprehensive study of prisoners and the franchise in any jurisdiction. Using the Republic of Ireland as a case study, it analyses the experience of prisoner enfranchisement and locates it in an international context.
In a democratic polity, the deliberate denial of the right to vote to any section of the population has very serious implications, both symbolic, in terms of...
Prisoner enfranchisement remains one of the few contested electoral issues in twenty-first century democracies. It is at the intersection of punish...
