Contemporary Enfranchisement: A Theory on Party Positioning
Long after universal suffrage and the enfranchisement of women, the demos has continued to expand. In the last decades, new demographics—immigrants, emigrants, and youth—have been granted the right to vote. So far, the academic literature has studied each of these expansions as separate phenomena, to the detriment of common knowledge advancement. I argue that the granting of voting rights to each of these demographics should be jointly studied under the umbrella of contemporary enfranchisement. With this starting point, I propose a common theory on how parties position themselves on enfranchisement proposals.
Date:
28 April 2022, 13:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Trinity 2022)
Venue:
Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details:
in person: Skills Lab (2nd floor); virtual: zoom link upon request
Speaker:
Klaudia Wegschaider (University of Oxford)
Organising department:
Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR)
Organisers:
Musashi Harukawa (University of Oxford),
Klaudia Wegschaider (University of Oxford),
Marta Antonetti (University of Oxford),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Host:
Marta Antonetti (University of Oxford)
Part of:
Politics Research in Progress Seminar Series
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Klaudia Wegschaider
