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Ludvig Beckman
I am Professor in Political Science at Stockholm University. In 2000 I defended my dissertation at Uppsala University. I participate in the research project "The Boundary Problem in Democratic Theory" t
Power and future people’s freedom: intergenerational domination, climate change, and constitutionalism
"Power and future people’s freedom:intergenerational domination, climate change, and constitutionalism", Journal of Political Power, Volume 9, Issue 2, 2016, pp 289-307. Abstract Intergenerational domina
Freedom as Non-domination and Democratic Inclusion
Res Publica. doi:10.1007/s11158-016-9348-8 Abstract According to neo-republicans, democracy is morally justified because it is among the prerequisites for freedom as non-domination. The claim that democ
Legal Power and the Right to Vote: Does the Right to Vote Confer Power?
Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence, 30(1), 5–22. Abstract It is widely believed that voting rights confer power to individual voters as well as to the collective body of the electorate. This pa
Is there a moral right to vote?
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, pp. 1-13, DOI 10.1007/s10677-017-9824-z. Abstract The question raised in this paper is whether legal rights to vote are also moral rights to vote. The challenge to the
Deciding the demos: three conceptions of democratic legitimacy
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2017.1390661 Abstract The prevailing view is that democratic procedures are unable to confer democrati
Personhood and legal status: reflections on the democratic rights of corporations
Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy 47:1, pp. 13-28., doi: 10.5553/NJLP/.000068. Introduction Corporations are regularly ascribed rights and duties, yet few believe they should have the right to part
Democratic legitimacy does not require constitutional referendum. On ‘the constitution’ in theories of constituent power
European Constitutional Law Review, Volume 14, Issue 3, pp. 567-583, doi.org/10.1017/S1574019618000287 Abstract Constitutional referendum – Popular sovereignty – Constituent power – Democratic legitimac
The Demos and Its Critics
The Review of Politics, 81(3), 435-457. doi:10.1017/S0034670519000214 Abstract The “demos paradox” is the idea that the composition of a demos could never secure democratic legitimacy because the composi
Popular sovereignty facing the deep state. The rule of recognition and the powers of the people
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, published online first. doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2019.1644583 Abstract This paper investigates the relationship between the idea of popula
