Emergency politics : paradox, law, democracy / Bonnie Honig.
This book intervenes in contemporary debates about the threat posed to democratic life by political emergencies. Must emergency necessarily enhance and centralize top-down forms of sovereignty? Those who oppose executive branch enhancement often turn instead to law, insisting on the sovereignty of t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton University Press,
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| Summary: | This book intervenes in contemporary debates about the threat posed to democratic life by political emergencies. Must emergency necessarily enhance and centralize top-down forms of sovereignty? Those who oppose executive branch enhancement often turn instead to law, insisting on the sovereignty of the rule of law or demanding that law rather than force be used to resolve conflicts with enemies. But are these the only options? Or are there more democratic ways to respond to invocations of emergency politics? Looking at how emergencies in the past and present have shaped the development of democ. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 197 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400830961 1400830966 069114298X 9780691142982 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |