POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Just War Theory, Liberal Democracy
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11,000 people evacuated the world trade centre. All ights in the u. s. were grounded. George bush declared president before ballots were counted in florida, the swing state. Power of the of ce of the president of the united states increased dramatically ( militant democracy ) Wouldn"t have seemed reasonable if 9/11 had not occurred. Militant democracy: the use of legal restrictions on political expression and participation to curb extremist actors in democratic regimes: erode fundamental structure of democracy to protect democracy ( rst theorized by. Liberal democracy: all political views are entitled to the same rights of expression and association. Pass ad hoc legislation to restrict rights of expression, participation and assembly to prevent fascist movements from exploiting democratic freedoms to undermine democracy. Aftermath of 9/11: re-ignites the topic of militant democracy. Threat very different in nazi germany: hitler used the democratic system to gain and abuse power, al qaeda never planned to gain of ce.
