Still, the sejmikis continued to play an important role in the governance of Poland as the most direct form of political enfranchisement of the nobility.

Thousands of courageous Muslims have paid dearly for speaking out against state oppression and religious fanaticism and for demanding political enfranchisement.

New multiparty elections for Congress and for mayorships have meant a sudden political enfranchisement of Paraguay's impoverished rural majority.

The book's final section tackles the issues that will determine whether the Latinos of the United States are successfully integrated into the mainstream: immigration, education and political enfranchisement.

The Plebeian Tribune had been the magistrate most responsible for the political enfranchisement of the Plebeian (commoner) class during the early republic.

Many machines formed in cities to serve immigrants to the U.S. in the late 19th century who viewed machines as a vehicle for political enfranchisement.

The plebeians had recently achieved full political enfranchisement.

Neither Palestinian nationalism nor Palestinian suffering any longer justified the political enfranchisement of the Palestinians.

For much of his audience, which can be as large as 300,000 viewers, political enfranchisement is a question that seems to lie well beyond their daily concerns.

"I think educational enfranchisement is as important as political enfranchisement," he says.