Voting Rights of Refugees (Hardcover)

Voting Rights of Refugees develops a novel legal argument about the voting rights of refugees recognised in the 1951 Geneva Convention. The main normative contention is that such refugees should have the right to vote in the political community where they reside, assuming that this community is a democracy and that its citizens have the right to vote. The book argues that recognised refugees are a special category of non-citizen residents: they are unable to participate in elections of their state of origin, do not enjoy its diplomatic protection and consular assistance abroad, and are unable or unwilling, owing to a well-founded fear of persecution, to return to it. Refugees deserve to have a place in the world, in the Arendtian sense, where their opinions are significant and their actions are effective. Their state of asylum is the only community in which there is any prospect of political participation on their part.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2017
Authors:	Ruvi Ziegler
Foreword by:	Guy S. Goodwin-Gill
Dimensions:	235 x 158 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-15931-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Refugees & political asylum Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International human rights law Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law > Citizenship & nationality law > General Promotions
LSN:	1-107-15931-8
Barcode:	9781107159310

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