AuthorDowns, William M.
TitlePolitical 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.


SUBJECT

  1. Toleration -- Europe
  2. Right-wing extremists -- Europe
  3. Radicalism -- Europe
  4. Political parties -- Europe

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