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" I mean the right to participate in the exercise of political power, as a member of a body invested with political authority or as an elector of the members of such a body. "
Free at Last?: Black America in the Twenty-First Century - Page 130
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The Economics of Human Betterment

Kenneth E. Boulding - Social Science - 1985 - 242 pages
...society (particularly since Marshall in 1949 opted for the strong definition of political participation - 'the right to participate in the exercise of political...authority or as an elector of the members of such a body' 60 and thus came close to equating the power of the politician and the power of the voter). One reason...
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The Script of Life in Modern Society: Entry Into Adulthood in a Changing World

Marlis Buchmann - Education - 1989 - 276 pages
...nineteenth century by the institutionalization of political rights and obligations which encompass "the right to participate in the exercise of political...authority or as an elector of the members of such a body" (p. 78). During the twentieth century, the process of the individual's integration into society on...
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Social Theory of Modern Societies: Anthony Giddens and His Critics

David Held, John Brookshire Thompson, John B. Thompson - Social Science - 1989 - 324 pages
...law. Political rights refer to those elements of rights which create the possibility ofparticipation in the exercise of political power 'as a member of...authority or as an elector of the members of such a body'. Social rights are defined as involving a whole range of rights 'from the right to a modicum of economic...
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On Social Organization and Social Control

Morris Janowitz - Social Science - 1991 - 333 pages
...property and to conclude valid contracts, and the right to justice." For political rights, he states, "By the political element I mean the right to participate...authority or as an elector of the members of such a body" (1977, p. 78). sixty printed pages in his essay, not more than three or four are devoted to the duties...
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Belonging: The Meaning and Future of Canadian Citizenship

William Kaplan - Political Science - 1993 - 412 pages
...property and to conclude valid contracts and the right to justice."43 The "political element" meant "the right to participate in the exercise of political...authority or as an elector of the members of such a body."44 The "social element" involved "the whole range from the right to a modicum of economic welfare...
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Liberal Rights: Collected Papers 1981-1991

Jeremy Waldron - Philosophy - 1993 - 500 pages
...vindicate. The second layer comprises political rights, that is, democratic rights of participation: "the right to participate in the exercise of political...authority or as an elector of the members of such a body.'"4 The institutions of representative democracy (Parliament and the electoral system) are central...
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Citizenship: Critical Concepts, Volume 1

Bryan S. Turner, Peter Hamilton - Citizenship - 1994 - 484 pages
...speech, thought, and faith, the right to own property and to conclude valid contracts, and the right to justice .... By the political element I mean the right...authority or as an elector of the members of such a body .... By the social element I mean the whole range from the right to a modicum of economic welfare and...
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Postmodern Revisionings of the Political

Anna Yeatman - Philosophy - 1994 - 164 pages
...property and to conclude valid contracts, and the right to justice." The political component involves "the right to participate in the exercise of political...authority or as an elector of the members of such a body." Together these civil and political rights constitute the familiar terrain of natural right. Marshall...
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The Idea of Civil Society

Adam B. Seligman - Political Science - 1995 - 258 pages
...rights on terms of equality with others and by due process of law." The political element comprises "the right to participate in the exercise of political power as a member of the body invested with political authority or as an elector of the members of such a body." And the...
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Citizenship Today: The Contemporary Relevance of T.H. Marshall

Martin Bulmer, Anthony M. Rees - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 332 pages
...civil and criminal courts of justice: 2. By the political element 1 mean the right to participate in an exercise of political power, as a member of a body...invested with political authority or as an elector of such a body. In this case the corresponding institutions are Parliament and local elective bodies....
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