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- Title
Should Irregular Immigrants Be (Rapidly) Enfranchised?
- Authors
Angell, Kim; Huseby, Robert
- Abstract
Theories of voting rights differ quite sharply with regard to whether or not they support (rapid) enfranchisement of irregular immigrants. In this paper, we first outline these theories and their implications. We then assess a number of reasons against rapidly enfranchising irregular immigrants. We find, on reflection, that none of these reasons are persuasive. While this result is not in itself sufficient to draw strong conclusions, it does offer some support to the more inclusive theories of voting rights, and poses a challenge to the less inclusive ones.
- Subjects
IMMIGRANTS' rights; NONCITIZEN voting rights; DEMOCRACY; LEGAL rights; SOCIAL integration; VOTING laws; COSMOPOLITANISM
- Publication
Political Research Quarterly, 2017, Vol 70, Issue 2, p663
- ISSN
1065-9129
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1065912917695188