Ramsay, Peter (2013) Letting prisoners vote would undermine the idea that civilliberties are fundamental to democratic citizenship. Democratic Audit Blog (07 Nov 2013). Website.
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Abstract
Parliament is currently considering how to relax the UK’s restrictions on prisoner voting, which have been deemed in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights. In one of two new contributions to the debate – alongside Chris Bennett and Daniel Viehoff’s post - Peter Ramsay sets out the democratic argument against prisoner enfranchisement. He argues that enfranchising prisoners would foster the illusion that the political rights enjoyed by prisoners can be on a par with those enjoyed by the free citizens of a democracy.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://www.democraticaudit.com/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2013 Democratic Audit UK |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Mar 2014 16:54 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2023 18:56 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/56133 |
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