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 de...

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1. Verfasser:	Ziegler, Reuven 1979- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2017
Schlagworte:	Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees / (1951 July 28) Convention relating to the Status of Refugees > 1951 Juli 28 Refugees / Legal status, laws, etc Suffrage Citizenship Flüchtling Asylrecht Wahlrecht Staatsangehörigkeit
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Zusammenfassung:	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
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Feb 2017)
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xxiii, 262 pages)
ISBN:	9781316671443
DOI:	10.1017/9781316671443