The democratic experience and political violence /
edited by David C. Rapoport and Leonard Weinberg.
- 378 pages ; 23 cm.
- [Cass series on political violence, 1365-0580] .
- Cass series on political violence. .
Series statement on jacket.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Elections and Violence / Electoral Regimes and the Proscription of Anti-democratic Parties / Violence and Electoral Polarization in Divided Societies: Three Cases in Comparative Perspective / Should Self-determination be Legalized? / Democracy, Commitment Problems and Managing Ethnic Violence: The Case of India and Sri Lanka / Western Democracies and Islamic Fundamentalist Violence / Purity is Danger: An Argument for Divisible Identities / Violence in the Name of Democracy: Justifications for Separatism on the Radical Right / Extremism and Violence in Israeli Democracy / Violence and Democracy in Eastern Europe / Violence and the Paradox of Democratic Renewal: A Preliminary Assessment / The Italian Regions and the Prospects for Democracy / Originary Democracy and the Critique of Pure Fairness / The Political Context of Terrorism in America: Ignoring Extremists or Pandering to Them? / Democracy and the Black Urban Riots: Rethinking the Meaning of Political Violence in Democracy / Conclusions / David C. Rapoport and Leonard Weinberg -- David C. Rapoport and Leonard Weinberg -- John E. Finn -- Adrian Guelke -- Daniel Philpott -- Martha Crenshaw -- Raphael Israeli -- Anna Simons -- Michael Barkun -- Ehud Sprinzak -- Andrzej Korbonski -- Victor T. Le Vine -- William Eubank and Leonard Weinberg -- Eric Gans -- Christopher Hewitt -- Abraham H. Miller and Emily Schaen -- David C. Rapoport and Leonard Weinberg.