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Author Sagos, Nick C.

Title Democracy, emergency, and arbitrary coercion : a liberal Republican view / by Nick C. Sagos.

Publication Info. Leiden : Brill, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Studies in moral philosophy, 2211-2014 ; volume 7
Studies in moral philosophy ; v. 7.
Summary "States of emergency are declared by governments with alarming frequency. When they are declared, it is taken for granted that their nature is understood. This book argues against this established view. Instead, the view advanced here, analyzes what makes emergencies different from other types of similar events. Defending a hybrid liberal/republican approach, the book proposes that states of emergency are in fact poorly understood and therefore needlessly mismanaged when they occur. This mismanagement, leads to a troubling derogation of established liberal democratic rights in the name of an unattainable form of hollow security. In conclusion, the book argues that the existing rights of citizens ought to be defended (and not simply derogated) during states of emergency. Failure to do so, is failure to comply with the values of liberal democracy itself"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Abstract -- Introduction: Two philosophical ideals of liberal democracy -- Constitutional democracy and the issue of emergency -- Law & the concept of emergency -- Lazar on emergency -- Catastrophe and emergency -- Institutions, rights, and emergencies -- Appendix -- Notes on methodology.
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Subject Crisis management in government.
Crisis management in government.
Emergency management -- Government policy.
Emergency management -- Government policy.
Emergency management.
Democracy -- Philosophy.
Democracy -- Philosophy.
Democracy -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Democracy -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Liberalism -- Philosophy.
Liberalism -- Philosophy.
Republicanism -- Philosophy.
Republicanism -- Philosophy.
Republicanism.
Executive power.
Executive power.
War and emergency powers.
War and emergency powers.
Derogation (Law)
Derogation (Law)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
ISBN 9789004282575 (electronic book)
9004282572 (electronic book)
9789004282544