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UNINA9910815648403321 |
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Sagos Nick C. |
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Democracy, emergency, and arbitrary coercion : a liberal Republican view / / by Nick C. Sagos |
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Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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1 online resource (235 p.) |
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Studies in Moral Philosophy, , 2211-2014 ; ; Volume 7 |
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Crisis management in government |
Emergency management - Government policy |
Democracy - Philosophy |
Democracy - Moral and ethical aspects |
Liberalism - Philosophy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Preliminary Material / Nick C. Sagos -- Introduction: Two Philosophical Ideals of Liberal Democracy / Nick C. Sagos -- Constitutional Democracy and the Issue of Emergency / Nick C. Sagos -- Law and the Concept of Emergency / Nick C. Sagos -- Formal and Informal Emergency / Nick C. Sagos -- Catastrophe and Emergency / Nick C. Sagos -- Institutions, Rights, and Emergencies / Nick C. Sagos -- Appendix: Notes on Methodology / Nick C. Sagos -- Bibliography / Nick C. Sagos -- Index / Nick C. Sagos. |
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States of emergency are declared by governments with alarming frequency. When they are declared, it is taken for granted that their nature is understood. This book argues against this established view. Instead, the view advanced here analyzes what makes emergencies different from other types of similar events. Defending a hybrid liberal/republican approach, the book proposes that states of emergency are in fact poorly understood and therefore needlessly mismanaged when they occur. This mismanagement leads to a troubling derogation of established liberal democratic rights in the name of an unattainable form of hollow security. Further, the book |
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argues that the existing rights of citizens ought to be defended (and not simply derogated) during states of emergency. Failure to do so is failure to comply with the formal values of liberal democracy itself. |
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UNINA9910158892603321 |
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Autore |
Tony Husband |
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Dictators in cartoons |
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Dictators |
History, Modern |
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What is it that makes dictators fear cartoonists? The answer is that they can't stand to be ridiculed. And they don't help their cause much by so obviously enjoying the trappings of power, appearing in public with a retinue of bodyguards, a fleet of limousines and rows of medals across their chests topped off with over-sized sunglasses. Cartoonists may not be able to topple tyrants or change the course of history, but they can lessen the climate of fear and bring courage to the victims of state bullying with their subversive drawings. Laughter is the last thing dictators want to hear, especially when they are the subject of it. |
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