Electoral indifference: reflections on the significance of blank votes, null votes and abstentions in contemporary political theory

The present article analyses the impact of blank and annulled votes and electoral abstention upon the legitimacy of representative democracies with the help of some classic contemporary political theory authors of the end of the 20th century (specifically liberal authors and their critics). Consider...

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Main Author: Paola Novaes Ramos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Londrina 2009-07-01
Series:Mediações: Revista de Ciências Sociais
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Online Access:http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/3356