Political egalitarianism

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Political egalitarianism describes an inclusive and fair allocation of political power or influence, fair processes, and fair treatment of all regardless of characteristics like race, gender, religion, age, wealth, intelligence and sexuality.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name=":2" /> Political egalitarianism, and its close cousin political equality, are key founding principles and sources of legitimacy for many democracies.<ref name=":1" /> Related principles include one person, one vote and equality before the law.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Discussion

Egalitarianism

Egalitarianism denotes the belief that all people are of equal fundamental worth and should have equal status.<ref name=":2">Template:Citation</ref> Egalitarians tend to focus more on process and treating people as social equals than on the raw distribution of power.<ref name=":0" />

Political equality

Political equality is only achieved when the norms, rules and procedures that govern the community afford equal consideration to all.<ref name=":0">Beramendi, P., Besley, T. and Levi, M. (2022), ‘Political equality: what is it and why does it matter?’, IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities</ref> The concept is cited in many definitions of democracy and touted as one of its advantages over oligarchy and autocracy.<ref name=":3">Template:Cite book</ref> Alexander Guerrero argues that systems using sortition score better on political equality than electoral representative democracies.<ref name=":3" /> Robert Dahl believes that the ideal of democracy assumes that political equality is desirable.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> He goes on to argue that political equality and democracy are supported by the inherent intrinsic equal worth of every person (intrinsic equality) and the tendency of concentrated power to corrupt.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Equality before the law

Template:Main articles Equality before law means that the law applies to all peoples equally and without exceptions. For example, the freedom of speech should apply the same to all members of a society. Laws can sometimes be designed to help minimize unequal application.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Well-designed constitutions, for example, can help protect political rights in functioning democracies.<ref>Jessica Bulman-Pozen & Miriam Seifter, The Democracy Principle in State Constitutions, 119Mich. L. Rev. 859 (2021).</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

See also

• "All men are created equal"
• Deliberative democracy
• Democratization
• Human rights
• Money in politics
• Political freedom
• Positive liberty
• Universal suffrage

External links

• "Political egalitarianism" search on Open Library
• Political equality provisions in U.S. State constitutions by TheDemocracyPrinciple.law.wisc.edu