Democratic Dilemmas: Why Democracies Ban Political Parties

ISBN-13: 9780367588762 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 280 str.

Angela Bourne

Opis

This book examines how citizens, governments and courts in democratic states resolve dilemmas posed by anti-system parties or, more specifically, the question of why democracies ban political parties.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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