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Democratic Dilemmas: Why democracies ban political parties book cover

1st Edition

Democratic Dilemmas Why democracies ban political parties

By Angela Bourne Copyright 2019
280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book examines how democratic communities resolve dilemmas posed by anti-system parties or, more specifically, the question of why democracies take the grave decision to ban political parties. On the one hand, party bans may ‘protect’ democracies, usually from groups deemed to undermine the democratic system or its core 　values, territorial integrity or state security. At the same time,... Read more

Introduction: Pluralism, Tolerance and the Proscription of Political Parties, Chapter 1: Theory and Research Design: From ‘militant democracy’ to security discourse, institutions and democratic competition, Chapter 2: Ban Regimes and banned parties in Spain, the United Kingdom and Germany, Chapter 3: Herri Batasuna and its successors: From ‘Terrorist Threat’ to Carrier of a ‘Copernican Shift’ from Violence, Chapter 4: Sinn Féin and Republican Clubs: From terrorist pariah to republicanism’s pathway out of violence, Chapter 5: The Socialist Reich Party and National Democratic Party of Germany: From ‘militant democracy’ to declining anti-system party threats, Chapter 6: Electoral Systems as an alternative to party bans, Chapter 7: Party bans and government formation, Conclusion

Biography

Angela K. Bourne is an associate professor at the University of Roskilde, Denmark

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