Militant Democracy and Its Critics
Subtitle: Populism, Parties, Extremism
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781474445603
Description: Militant Democracy refers to the defensive policies democracies use to respond to antidemocratic movements. Can defensive efforts that curtail rights of participation be consistent with democratic values? In this collection of essays, scholars from across politics, philosophy and law address the unresolved practical and theoretical questions concerning democracy and extremism. The collection provides an update to a key contemporary debate in democratic theory and asks us to reconsider the potential promise and costs of militant democracy. --