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Democracy is in decline, largely because of the legal actions of anti-democratic actors working within the system. Incorporating the work of John Rawls and Carl Schmitt, Democracy despite Itself argues that tactics of militant democracy, including constitutional entrenchment, offer protection against the dissolution of liberal democracy.
List of contents
- Introduction: 'Illiberal Democracy' and Militant Democracy
- Part I
- 1: Democracy's Problem of Legal Revolution
- 2: Militant Democracy
- Part II
- 3: Liberalism and Modern Constitutionalism
- 4: Depoliticization and State Authority
- Part III
- 5: Unamendability
- 6: Political Rights Restrictions
- 7: The Guardian of the Constitution
- Conclusion
About the author
Benjamin A. Schupmann is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Social Sciences (Philosophy, Politics, and Economics) at Yale-NUS College in Singapore, where he has worked since August 2020. Prior to that, he was an Assistant Professor at Duke Kunshan University in Kunshan, China. He obtained his PhD in Political Science (Political Theory) from Columbia University in the City of New York in 2015. He is the author of Carl Schmitt's State and Constitutional Theory: A Critical Analysis, published by Oxford University Press in 2017.
Summary
Democracy is in decline, largely because of the legal actions of anti-democratic actors working within the system. Incorporating the work of John Rawls and Carl Schmitt, Democracy despite Itself argues that tactics of militant democracy, including constitutional entrenchment, offer protection against the dissolution of liberal democracy.
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Democracy is in peril across the globe. But there is widespread trepidation about how to respond ... Benjamin Schupmann's new book offers a bracing response ... Democracy despite Itself argues that liberal values justify the active, even militant defence of constitutional democracy. Expertly engaging a range of thinkers and thorny real-world political dilemmas, Schupmann's book is a must-read for anyone interested in the fate of constitutional democracy.
