HOW TO JUSTIFY MANDATORY ELECTORAL QUOTAS: A POLITICAL EGALITARIAN APPROACH

ABSTRACT This paper offers a novel substantive justification for mandatory electoral quotas—e.g., gender or racial quotas—and new methodological approach to their justification. Substantively, I argue political egalitarian account of quotas. Methodologically, based on this and grounding participatory rights, offer an alternative the External Restriction Approach The sees quotas as at best justified restrictions rights. Internal instead, which can justify by specifying pro tanto scope rights rather than justifying these On approach, adequately set do not even conflict with are balanced against while quotas—when justified—are required merely permitted.