Capacity-testing as a means of increasing political inclusion

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dc.contributor.authorMunn, Nicholas
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-18T01:19:39Z
dc.date.available2013-10-18T01:19:39Z
dc.date.copyright2013-04-28
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractSome competent political actors, primarily young people and the cognitively impaired, are excluded from political participation by modern liberal democratic states. This exclusion occurs because the means utilized by states to distinguish between competent citizens (who must be included) and incompetent ones (who may be excluded) are imperfect. They include age restrictions on enfranchisement and, commonly, legal restrictions on enfranchisement for those with cognitive disabilities. Capacity-testing provides a means to improve on these existing mechanisms for exclusion. It is not, however, often suggested, nor seen as viable. Here, I argue that we should utilize capacity-testing to more effectively include capable citizens in our democratic practice. I defend a particular scope and kind of capacity-testing against common objections.en_NZ
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dc.identifier.citationMunn, N. (2012). Capacity-testing as a means of increasing political inclusion. Democratization, published online on 28 April 2013.en_NZ
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13510347.2013.784271en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/8088
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOfDemocratizationen_NZ
dc.relation.ispartofDemocratization
dc.relation.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13510347.2013.784271#.UmCKX9JkNuBen_NZ
dc.rightsThis is an author’s accepted version of an article published in the journal: Democratization. © 2013 Taylor & Francis. Full text is embargo until November 2014.en_NZ
dc.subjectvotingen_NZ
dc.subjectcapacityen_NZ
dc.subjectinclusionen_NZ
dc.subjectenfranchisementen_NZ
dc.subjectdemocracyen_NZ
dc.titleCapacity-testing as a means of increasing political inclusionen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Articleen_NZ
pubs.begin-page1134en_NZ
pubs.elements-id38802
pubs.end-page1152en_NZ
pubs.issue6en_NZ
pubs.volume21en_NZ
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