Voting Rights of the ‘Marginal’
The Contested Logic of Political Membership in Japan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12892017 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Konrad Kalicki (0000-0003-1514-0623, University of Tsukuba, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 265-286 |
| Publication date | 2008-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnopolitics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-9057 • E-ISSN: 1744-9065 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17449050701558668 |
| OpenAlex | W2020141954 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 21 |
The right to vote ultimately expresses political membership in democratic states. The logic behind franchise rules in a particular state tells us much about how that state conceives its polity. This becomes clear if we study voting rights of marginal groups, as these people often define boundaries of the polity in question. From this perspective, this article scrutinizes the question of voting rights for Japan's resident foreigners. Utilizing Elaine R. Thomas's analytical framework, the study isolates competing conceptions of political membership expressed in Japanese debates about voting rights of this marginal group. Its finding is that the logic of political membership in Japan is more complex than one would expect given the conventional notion of the Japanese community being ethnically and racially homogenous
Democracy · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Polity · Sociology · State (computer science · Voting · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,35 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |