Political extremism in democracies : Combating intolerance / William M. Downs
Imprint
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
Descript
xvi, 238p. : ill ; 23 cm
CONTENT
Pariahs in their midst: organized extremism and the problem of tolerance in contemporary democracies. -- Ignore, isolate, co-opt, collaborate, or ban? Mapping strategic responses to pariah parties. -- Determinants of democratic defensiveness. -- Is the cordon sanitaire effective? The moderating effects of incumbency? -- Responding to political extremism without succumbing to it. -- Ban the bans, but guard the threshold? "Lessons" from old to new democracies.