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Militant democracy

This book is a collection of contributions by leading scholars on theoretical and contemporary problems of militant democracy. The term 'militant democracy' was first coined in 1937. In a militant democracy preventive measures are aimed, at least in practice, at restricting people who would openly contest and challenge democratic institutions and fundamental preconditions of democracy like secularism - even though such persons act within the existing limits of, and rely on the rights offered by, democracy. In the shadow of the current wars on terrorism, which can also involve rights restrictio
eBook, English, 2004
Eleven International, Utrecht, 2004
Case studies
1 online resource (262 pages)
9789077596319, 9789077596043, 9077596313, 9077596046
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