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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791316003321

Autore

Kirshner Alexander S

Titolo

A theory of militant democracy : the ethics of combatting political extremism / / Alexander S. Kirshner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, Connecticut ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-300-18985-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Disciplina

303.48/4

Soggetti

Radicalism

Right and left (Political science)

Political participation

Democracy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- One. Introduction -- Two. The Self-Limiting Theory of Militant Democracy -- Three. Political Regulation in Defense of Democracy -- Four. Justifying the Exclusion of Antidemocrats -- Five. On Preventive Intervention -- Six. Political Exclusion and the Limits of Militant Democracy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

How should pro-democratic forces safeguard representative government from anti-democratic forces? By granting rights of participation to groups that do not share democratic values, democracies may endanger the very rights they have granted; but denying these rights may also undermine democratic values. Alexander Kirshner offers a set of principles for determining when one may reasonably refuse rights of participation, and he defends this theory through real-world examples, ranging from the far-right British Nationalist Party to Turkey's Islamist Welfare Party to America's Democratic Party during Reconstruction.