Hopeful Losers? A Moral Case for Mixed Electoral Systems

Hopeful Losers? A Moral Case for Mixed Electoral Systems

Liberal democracies encourage citizen participation and protect our freedoms, yet these regimes elect politicians and decide important issues with electoral and legislative systems that are less inclusive than other arrangements. Some citizens inevitably have more influence than others. Is this a pr...

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Main Author: Loren King
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Montréal 2015-06-01
Series:Les Ateliers de l’Ethique
Subjects:
political theory
Online Access:http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1035330ar
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spelling doaj-6395401dde3f432a8edaa9394ba373c12020-11-24T23:36:24ZengUniversité de MontréalLes Ateliers de l’Ethique1718-99771718-99772015-06-01102107121http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1035330arHopeful Losers? A Moral Case for Mixed Electoral SystemsLoren King0Wilfrid Laurier UniversityLiberal democracies encourage citizen participation and protect our freedoms, yet these regimes elect politicians and decide important issues with electoral and legislative systems that are less inclusive than other arrangements. Some citizens inevitably have more influence than others. Is this a problem? Yes, because similarly just but more inclusive systems are possible. Political theorists and philosophers should be arguing for particular institutional forms, with particular geographies, consistent with justice.http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1035330arpolitical theory
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title_short Hopeful Losers? A Moral Case for Mixed Electoral Systems
title_full Hopeful Losers? A Moral Case for Mixed Electoral Systems
title_fullStr Hopeful Losers? A Moral Case for Mixed Electoral Systems
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publisher Université de Montréal
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publishDate 2015-06-01
description Liberal democracies encourage citizen participation and protect our freedoms, yet these regimes elect politicians and decide important issues with electoral and legislative systems that are less inclusive than other arrangements. Some citizens inevitably have more influence than others. Is this a problem? Yes, because similarly just but more inclusive systems are possible. Political theorists and philosophers should be arguing for particular institutional forms, with particular geographies, consistent with justice.
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