Militant Democracy - Political Science, Law and Philosophy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ellian, Afshin (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Rijpkema, Bastiaan (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations, 7
• Subjects: Political philosophy.; Law-Philosophy.; Law.; Political sociology.; Comparative politics.; Political science.; Democracy.; Political Philosophy.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Political Sociology.; Comparative Politics.; Philosophy of Law.

This volume offers an up-to-date overview of the much-debated issue of how a democracy may defend itself against those who want to subvert it. The justifications, effectiveness and legal implications of militant democracy are discussed by addressing questions as: How can militant democracy measures...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part 1 - Political Science
• Militant Democracy and the Banning of Political Parties in Democratic States: Why some do and some don't; Angela K. Bourne
• Frail Democracy; Ivan Ermakoff
• How does Militant Democracy function in combating Right-Wing Extremism? A Case Study of Slovakian Militant Democracy and the rise of Kotleba - People's Party Our Slovakia; Miroslav Mareš
• Part 2 - Law
• Interactions between International and National Norms: Towards an Internationalized Concept of Militant Democracy; Christian Walter
• Justifying Militant Democracy: Philosophical and Legal Reflections on Dutch Militant Democracy; Gelijn Molier
• Part 3 - Philosophy
• Militant democracy beyond Loewenstein: George van den Bergh's 1936 inaugural lecture; Bastiaan Rijpkema
• Amour de la Démocratie versus the Dictatorship of the Constitutional State: the Defence in Democracy Itself; Afshin Ellian
• Index.