...This chapter scrutinizes the dominant lens through which the democratic expectations of groups are viewed. It argues that group scholars have implicitly, but sometimes explicitly, viewed groups as though they were all engaged in democratic representation. In turn, this has informed expectations...

... Conservation Foundation Warhurst J Richardson J Rehfeld A Heaney M identity Van Rooy A democratic deficit Sikkink K Warleigh A group solidarity democratic representation democratic expectations group promise The previous chapter provides a heuristic device by which to calibrate expectations...

... integration Uggen Christopher voting prisoners Alexander Michelle Frodl v Austria Richardson v Ramirez Civic Death Social Contract Democratic Representation Voting Rights Punishment The cases for and against voting rights for prisoners have been widely examined in academic literature and political...

... presence Eckersley R Goodin R Rehfeld A solidarity Dobson A Giugni M voice World Wide Fund for Nature Van Rooy A exit Dunleavy P Halpin D Richardson J Whiteley P Baumgartner F European Union Global civil society social capital democratic representation constituency democratic legitimacy...