Alexander Kirshner CV

Book · September 20, 2022 In political systems defined by legitimate opposition, those who hold power allow their rivals to peacefully challenge and displace them, and those who have lost power do not seek to sabotage the winners. Legitimate opposition came under assault at the Ame ... Full text Cite

Militant Democracy and Its Critics: Populism, Parties, Extremism

Book · January 1, 2019 Should representative governments restrict the democratic rights of their extremist opponents? • The first edited collection to boast an international group of political scientists, legal scholars and philosophers debating the urgent question of how to com ... Cite

A theory of militant democracy: The ethics of combatting political extremism

Book · June 30, 2014 How should pro-democratic forces safeguard representative government from anti-democratic forces? By granting rights of participation to groups that do not share democratic values, democracies may endanger the very rights they have granted; but denying the ... Cite

Political representation

Book · January 1, 2010 Political representation lies at the core of modern politics. Democracies, with their vast numbers of citizens, could not operate without representative institutions. Yet relations between the democratic ideal and the everyday practice of political represe ... Full text Cite