Defending Democracy Against Itself - Paradoxes of Militant Democracy
Bugaric, Bojan
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2026-01-06
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Five years ago today, Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol after his defeat in the 2020 election. Two years ago, in Trump v. Anderson, the U.S. Supreme Court kept Trump on the presidential ballot. What would the world look like if militant democracy had prevailed in the United States? Maybe not so different after all. Democracy is best defended not by banning its opponents, but by renewing popular support through participation, persuasion, and substantive reform.
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Bugaric, Bojan
Authoritarian Populism
Democracy Theory
Militant Democracy
Populism
Streitbare Demokratie
democracy
Streitbare Demokratie
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