1st Edition

Militant Democracy Undemocratic Political Parties and Beyond

By Svetlana Tyulkina Copyright 2015
236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

The term ‘militant democracy’ was coined by Karl Loewenstein in the 1930s. He argued that attempts to establish democracy in the Weimar Republic failed due to the lack of militancy against subversive movements. The concept of militant democracy was introduced to legal scholarship and constitutional practice so as to provide democracy with legal means to defend itself against the range of possible... Read more

Introduction  Part I. Militant Democracy: Foundations   1. Militant Democracy: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives   2. The Concept Of Militant Democracy: Problematic Or Justified?   3. The Concept Of Militant Democracy In The Practice Of Modern States   Part II. Militant Democracy and Undemocratic Political Parties   4. Applying Militant Democracy: Testing the Concept in Practice, Setting Standards, and Identifying Major Challenges   5. Militant Democracy and ‘Undemocratic’ Political Parties in Europe  6. ‘Softer’ Militant Democracy Measures: Alternative Solutions from India and Israel   Part III. Militant Democracy as Applied To Counter-Terrorism  7. The Banning Of Political Parties as a Response to Terrorism In Spain   8. Militant Democracy: A Guide to Australia’s Counter-Terrorism Policies?  Part IV. Militant Democracy and Principle of Secularism   9. ‘Militant Secularism’ In Turkey   10. Militant Democracy and the Principle of Secularism in the Practice of the European Court Of Human Rights   Conclusion

Biography

Svetlana Tyulkina is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship: Anti-Terror Laws and the Democratic Challenge Project in the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of New South Wales, Australia.