A Theory of Militant Democracy
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The Ethics of Combatting Political Extremism
Alexander S. Kirshner
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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.
Alexander Kirshner is an assistant professor of political science at Duke University and a senior fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics. He lives in Durham, NC.
ISBN: 9780300188240
Publication Date: January 7, 2014
Publication Date: January 7, 2014
224 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/4
