Political Voice, Protest, Democracy, and Marginalised Groups

As part of the REPRESENT speaker series we will be welcoming Professor Aidan McGarry (Loughborough University London) to discuss his latest publication Political Voice: Protest, Democracy and Marginalised Groups (OUP)

In Political Voice, Aidan examines the agency of marginalised people, emphasising the processes and strategies through which different communities around the world articulate their political voices. McGarry develops an innovative concept of political voice around three elements: autonomy, representation, and constitution. This conceptualisation is illustrated through contemporary case studies of two persecuted and silenced groups: LGBTIQ activists in India and Roma mobilisation in Europe. The cases show how excluded people articulate their ideas, demands, hopes, and experiences, and what impact these interventions have on democratic institutions. By focusing on the political voices of marginalised groups, McGarry considers democratic expression beyond the ballot box, examining how the articulation of political voice constitutes marginalised groups and democracy itself.

This will be held as a hybrid event. Location for in-person attendance to be confirmed.