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Author Honig, Bonnie.

Title Emergency politics : paradox, law, democracy / Bonnie Honig.

Publication Info. Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2009]
©2009
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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 197 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: Surviving; Chapter One: Beginnings; Chapter Two: Emergence; Chapter Three: Decision; Chapter Four: Orientation; Chapter Five: Proximity; Aftermath; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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Subject Executive power -- Developing countries.
Executive power.
Developing countries.
Democracy -- Developing countries.
Democracy.
Sovereignty.
Sovereignty.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Honig, Bonnie. Emergency politics. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009 9780691142982 (DLC) 2009004663 (OCoLC)301948774
ISBN 9781400830961 (electronic book)
1400830966 (electronic book)
069114298X (hardcover)
9780691142982 (hardcover)
9780691142982 (hardcover)
1282303775
9781282303775

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