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- Title
A Liberal Defence of Compulsory Voting.
- Authors
Lacroix, Justine
- Abstract
At first sight, it might seem difficult to defend compulsory voting from a liberal point of view. Indeed, compulsory voting is widely considered as a breach of individual rights – even if such a minor restriction may be justified for the sake of common good. In this article, I challenge such an interpretation and I present a case for a non-utilitarian conception of compulsory voting. I first emphasise the importance of political participation in the liberal paradigm. I then insist on the notions of autonomy and equal liberty which legitimate compulsory voting in the name of the very principles of political liberalism.
- Subjects
COMPULSORY voting; CORRUPT practices in elections; POLITICAL participation &; ethics; POLITICAL rights; LIBERALISM; LIBERALS
- Publication
Politics, 2007, Vol 27, Issue 3, p190
- ISSN
0263-3957
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-9256.2007.00299.x