Political Extremism in Democracies: Combating Intolerance

by William M. Downs

Book Overview

Political Extremism in Democracies: Combating Intolerance is a theoretically inspired, empirically rich study of political parties that have been branded as untouchable pariahs. Democracy's painful paradox seems to require tolerance of the intolerant, but democracy's defenders instead often ostracize and repress illiberal parties even when they enjoy broad electoral support. Drawing evidence from systematic comparison of contemporary pariah parties...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230340792
• ISBN13: 9780230340794
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.6"