| Democracy, Emergency, and Arbitrary Coercion: A Liberal Republican View Contributor(s): Sagos, Nick (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004282548 ISBN-13: 9789004282544 Publisher: Brill
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2014 Click for more in this series: Studies in Moral Philosophy |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political - Social Science - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 363.345 |
| LCCN: 2014028941 |
| Series: Studies in Moral Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.4" W x 9.4" L (1.10 lbs) 236 pages |
| Features: Bibliography, Index |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: States of emergency are declared by governments with alarming frequency. When they are declared, it is taken for granted that their nature is understood. This book argues against this established view. Instead, the view advanced here analyzes what makes emergencies different from other types of similar events. Defending a hybrid liberal/republican approach, the book proposes that states of emergency are in fact poorly understood and therefore needlessly mismanaged when they occur. This mismanagement leads to a troubling derogation of established liberal democratic rights in the name of an unattainable form of hollow security. Further, the book argues that the existing rights of citizens ought to be defended (and not simply derogated) during states of emergency. Failure to do so is failure to comply with the formal values of liberal democracy itself. |
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