The Limits of Electoral Democracy in Ukraine
In: Democratization, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 117-139
ISSN: 1743-890X
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In: Democratization, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 117-139
ISSN: 1743-890X
In: Northeastern series on democratization and political development
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ISSN: 1531-426X
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In: Comparative political studies: CPS, Volume 48, Issue 12, p. 1491-1525
ISSN: 0010-4140
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In: Comparative political studies: CPS, Volume 48, Issue 12, p. 1491
ISSN: 0010-4140
In: Losers' Consent, p. 141-160
In: European history quarterly, Volume 16, Issue 1, p. 77-96
ISSN: 1461-7110
In: Political theory: an international journal of political philosophy
ISSN: 1552-7476
Within democratic theory, electoral competition is typically associated with minimalist and realist views of democracy. In contrast, this article argues for a reinterpretation of electoral competition as an important element of an egalitarian theory of democracy. Current relational egalitarian theories, in focusing on the equalization of individual power-over, present electoral institutions as in tension with equality. Against this view, the article contends that electoral competition can foster equality by incentivizing the equalization of cooperative power. The article develops the normative category of equal opportunity to access cooperative power and shows how it can generate an egalitarian defense of electoral competition. Yet this ideal is not an affirmation of the status quo. Rather, it points to the need to reform electoral systems to make them more competitive and so more likely to foster cooperative power, as well as reforms to provide direct support to associations like unions that equalize cooperative power.
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In: Canadian journal of political science: CJPS = Revue canadienne de science politique : RCSP, Volume 35, Issue 4, p. 901-903
ISSN: 0008-4239
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ISSN: 0362-9805
In: Journal of African elections, p. 66-82
ISSN: 1609-4700