Is there a sound democratic case for raising the membership of young people in political parties and trade unions through descriptive representation?
Young people are seriously under-represented in both political parties and trade unions. I argue that a dependent conception of democracy interested in substantive equality, not merely formal equality, would support addressing this problem through descriptive representation. The essay begins by cons...
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| Language: | English |
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Tübingen University
2018-12-01
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| Series: | Intergenerational Justice Review |
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| Online Access: | https://igjr.org/ojs/index.php/igjr/article/view/703 |