TY - BOOK ID - 25402288 TI - Compulsory voting : for and against AU - Brennan, Jason AU - Hill, Lisa PY - 2014 SN - 9781107613928 9781107041516 9781139649742 1107041511 1107613922 1139649744 1139899112 113990504X PB - New York (N.Y.): Cambridge university press, DB - UniCat KW - Social ethics KW - Political philosophy. Social philosophy KW - Political sociology KW - Voting, Compulsory KW - Political science KW - History KW - Voting, Compulsory. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:25402288 AB - In many democracies, voter turnout is low and getting lower. If the people choose not to govern themselves, should they be forced to do so? For Jason Brennan, compulsory voting is unjust and a petty violation of citizens' liberty. The median non-voter is less informed and rational, as well as more biased than the median voter. According to Lisa Hill, compulsory voting is a reasonable imposition on personal liberty. Hill points to the discernible benefits of compulsory voting and argues that high turnout elections are more democratically legitimate. The authors - both well-known for their work on voting and civic engagement - debate questions such as: -Do citizens have a duty to vote, and is it an enforceable duty? -Does compulsory voting violate citizens' liberty? If so, is this sufficient grounds to oppose it? Or is it a justifiable violation? Might it instead promote liberty on the whole? -Is low turnout a problem, or a blessing? -Does compulsory voting produce better government? Or, might it instead produce worse government? Might it, in fact, have little effect overall on the quality of government ?. ER -