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6Rationality, democracy, and justice: the legacy of Jon Elster (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2015.This volume advances the research agenda of one of the most remarkable political thinkers of our time: Jon Elster. With an impressive list of contributors, it features studies in five topics in political and social theory: rationality and collective action, political and social norms, democracy and constitution making, transitional justice, and the explanation of social behavior. Additionally, this volume includes chapters on the development of Elster's thinking over the past decades. Like Elste…Read more
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82Enfranchising Minors and the Mentally ImpairedSocial Theory and Practice 38 (1): 115-138. 2012.This article advances three claims. The first is that the standard instrumentalist case for minimal age and sanity requirements for voting is weak and inconclusive in such a way that the evaluation of such requirements should be made exclusively on the basis of procedural fairness considerations. The second claim is that fairness requires the inclusion of all and only those persons who have the franchise capacity: the minimum necessary cognitive and moral powers to experience the benefits of enf…Read more
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69The enfranchisement lotteryPolitics, Philosophy and Economics 10 (2): 211-233. 2011.This article compares the ‘enfranchisement lottery’, a novel method for allocating the right to vote, with universal suffrage. The comparison is conducted exclusively on the basis of the expected consequences of the two systems. Each scheme seems to have a relative advantage. On the one hand, the enfranchisement lottery would create a better informed electorate and thus improve the quality of electoral outcomes. On the other hand, universal suffrage is more likely to ensure that elections are se…Read more
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18Ignatieff, M. 107In Eva Erman & Ludvig Beckman (eds.), Territories of Citizenship, Palgrave-macmillan. pp. 170. 2012.
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26Book Review: A Theory of Militant Democracy: The Ethics of Combating Political Extremism, by Alexander KirshnerA Theory of Militant Democracy: The Ethics of Combating Political Extremism, by KirshnerAlexander. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2014. 224 pp (review)Political Theory 45 (3): 419-423. 2017.
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116Comparing voting lotteries: A response to SaundersPolitics, Philosophy and Economics 11 (4): 352-356. 2012.
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55Democracy and Disenfranchisement: The Morality of Electoral ExclusionsOxford University Press. 2014.The denial of voting rights to certain types of persons continues to be a moral problem of practical significance. The disenfranchisement of persons with mental impairments, minors, noncitizen residents, nonresident citizens, and criminal offenders is a matter of controversy. This book makes a contribution to this largely neglected yet key topic
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98The enfranchisement lotteryPolitics, Philosophy and Economics 10 (2): 1470594-10372206. 2011.This article compares the ‘enfranchisement lottery’, a novel method for allocating the right to vote, with universal suffrage. The comparison is conducted exclusively on the basis of the expected consequences of the two systems. Each scheme seems to have a relative advantage. On the one hand, the enfranchisement lottery would create a better informed electorate and thus improve the quality of electoral outcomes. On the other hand, universal suffrage is more likely to ensure that elections are se…Read more