Alexander Kirshner CV

My research cuts across democratic theory and comparative politics. My first book investigated the paradoxical ethical dilemmas raised by antidemocratic opposition to democratic government (A Theory of Militant Democracy, Yale University Press, 2014). My second book explores the value of legitimate opposition, a practice under threat across the globe. It has the imaginative title: Legitimate Opposition (Yale University 2022). And it is the first full-scale analysis of the history and character of this practice in 50 years. 

My current research explores the character of undemocratic regimes and the virtue of robustness to political philosophy.