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Terrorism and Democratic
Stability
Jennifer S. Holmes
Democracy as Public
Deliberation
Edited by Maurizio Passerin
d’Entréves
Can terrorism and
state violence cause
democratic break- downs?
Although the origins
of violence have been
studied, only rarely
are its consequences.
Jennifer S. Holmes claims
that to understand the
consequences of violence
on democratic stability,
terrorism and state
responses to terrorism must be studied together.
Holmes examines the effects of terrorism and
state repression on democratic stability in Uruguay,
Peru, and Spain. The result is a detailed empirical
study set in these locations, placed within an overall
theoretical framework. This study, which begins
conceptually and then moves on to comparative
empirical analysis, adopts an innovative approach,
identifying a new concept of citizen support as a
key factor in the consequences of terrorism and
repression on democratic stability. The study of
Spain is set within a European Union context that
provides important lessons for other EU countries.
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Aristotelian concepts applied to a comparative study of
violence and democratic stability
3 A historical overview of Uruguay, Peru and Spain
4 The consequences of state and terrorist violence on
democratic stability – terrorist violence
5 State repression and violence
6 Testing hypotheses one and two
Conclusion
Epilogue – Prospects for stability
2006, 224 pages, 6 x 9”
1-4128-0566-X / 978-1-4128-0566-7
paper $36.95 CRO
One of the most
remarkable developments
in the last twenty years
has been the revival of
the idea of deliberative
democracy. Set against
aggregative models of
democracy derived from
economics, such as the
theory of rational choice,
the idea of deliberative
democracy, or decisionmaking
based on public deliberations among free
and equal citizens, represents a highly significant
development in democratic theory. Exploring this
development, this book provides a fresh and original
perspective on a theme at the center of current
debates in democratic theory and practice.
Contents
1 Democracy as public deliberation / Maurizio Passerin
d’Entrèves
Part 1: Normative perspectives
2 Political legitimacy and democratic deliberation /
Maurizio Passerin d’Entrèves
3 Five arguments for deliberative democracy / Maeve
Cooke
4 Deliberation, citizenship and identity / Matthew
Festenstein
5 Rawls and deliberative democracy / Michael Saward
Part 2: Institutional perspectives
6 Deliberation and decision–making: Discontinuity in the
two–track model / Judith Squires
7 Citizens’ juries and deliberative democracy / Graham
Smith & Corinne Wales
8 Democratic deliberation and cultural rights: The case of
the Orange Order March at Drumcree / Shane O’Neill
9 Is deliberative democracy unfair to disadvantaged
groups? / David Miller
2006, 238 pages, 6 x 9”
1-4128-0567-8 / 978-1-4128-0567-4
paper $36.95 CRO
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