Three different constituencies are becoming increasingly common across Western
European electorates: mainstream voters, non-voters and populist voters. Despite their …

Should turning out to vote in mass elections be voluntary or compulsory? Previous
normative arguments for compulsory voting often rely on contested normative claims about …

This chapter presents a comparative analysis of contemporary populism in Australia and
Italy, reflecting on the similarities and differences of both. In Italy, populist parties have been …

In this paper, we identify a problem—the problem of which actors should serve as defenders
of democracy—and propose a solution to that problem—the creation of randomly selected …

How did the new Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) obtain 9% of the vote in the
2020 Romanian general elections? This article explores the fast rise of populist radical right …

In this article I aim to counter Jason Brennan's principled objection to the
Representativeness Argument for compulsory voting, and to criticize the case in favour of …

Constitutional duties are a natural counterpart to constitutional rights. They are found in all
the major human rights conventions and in almost all national constitutions. The nature of …

This chapter examines the current debate on the political changes leading to the emergence
of new “challenger parties” in many Western democracies. The interest in this field derives …

Historically, duties have been largely underrepresented in the Western legal tradition, and
when they have been addressed, they have tended to be mentioned in dissociation from …

Compulsory voting involves a legal obligation to vote (or attend the polls), but we might
instead require those who do not to pay a charge, without any legal obligation for them to do …