{"product_id":"democracy-despite-itself-benjamin-a-schupmann-9780192873026","title":"Democracy Despite Itself: Liberal Constitutionalism and Militant Democracy","description":"Recent developments, including anti-democratic moves by governments in Hungary, India, and Turkey and the rise of populist leaders, demonstrate the threat posed to democratic values by legal revolution and other acts committed within the confines of the system. Militant democracy, a form of constitutional entrenchment, can protect these values from the harmful influence of illiberal regimes. However, critics and proponents alike wonder whether these tactics risk undermining democracy in the process of trying to save it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eDemocracy despite Itself \u003c\/em\u003eadvances a liberal normative theory of militant democracy by combining American philosopher John Rawls' political liberalism with German jurist Carl Schmitt's state theory. It argues for the adoption of three constitutional mechanisms of militant democracy-explicit unamendability, political rights restrictions, and the guardianship of a constitutional court-to prevent the subversion and erosion of democracy by the abuse of legal measures. Rawls' thought provides the substantive democratic content of this theory, establishing basic liberal rights as a precondition for legitimate government. Schmitt's thought provides the militant political form, justifying the state's use of proactive militant measures to preserve the political identity of its constitution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis blending of works by two thinkers rarely regarded as complementary is a novel approach that offers a compelling vision for how liberal democracy can be protected from anti-democratic actors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin A. Schupmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0192873024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780192873026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Benjamin A. Schupmann","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46070425944319,"sku":"9780192873026","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bb53437c-7e6c-4887-87d7-59513098b73e.jpg?v=1724243230","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/democracy-despite-itself-benjamin-a-schupmann-9780192873026","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}