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The first theory of legitimate opposition in fifty years

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“Legitimate opposition—an essential political practice aimed at concentrated power—has been hiding in plain sight. Now, at this critical moment, Kirshner brings it forcefully into focus.”—Nancy L. Rosenblum, coauthor of A Lot of People Are Saying: The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy

“In this brilliant book, Alexander S. Kirshner reminds us that representative democracy can hardly be conceived without permanent legitimate opposition and the practice of disagreement and political conflict.”—Nadia Urbinati, author of Me the People

“Alex Kirshner offers the definitive account of how we should understand the ‘legitimate opposition’—one that is realistic, skeptical, and yet preserves the most demanding aspirations for democracy.”—Russell Muirhead, coauthor of A Lot of People Are Saying

“Alexander Kirshner’s Legitimate Opposition offers a subtle, systematic and powerful way to analyze one crucial vulnerability in democracy: opposition by some to democracy itself.”—Corey Brettschneider, author of The Oath and the Office

Legitimate Opposition

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      Publisher Yale University Press
      Published 8 November 2022
      ISBN-13 9780300243468
      978-0300243468
      ISBN-10 0300243464
      Also in:
      History General and world history Politics, Philosophy & Society Political control and freedoms

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The first theory of legitimate opposition in fifty years

      Trade Review
      “Legitimate opposition—an essential political practice aimed at concentrated power—has been hiding in plain sight. Now, at this critical moment, Kirshner brings it forcefully into focus.”—Nancy L. Rosenblum, coauthor of A Lot of People Are Saying: The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy

      “In this brilliant book, Alexander S. Kirshner reminds us that representative democracy can hardly be conceived without permanent legitimate opposition and the practice of disagreement and political conflict.”—Nadia Urbinati, author of Me the People

      “Alex Kirshner offers the definitive account of how we should understand the ‘legitimate opposition’—one that is realistic, skeptical, and yet preserves the most demanding aspirations for democracy.”—Russell Muirhead, coauthor of A Lot of People Are Saying

      “Alexander Kirshner’s Legitimate Opposition offers a subtle, systematic and powerful way to analyze one crucial vulnerability in democracy: opposition by some to democracy itself.”—Corey Brettschneider, author of The Oath and the Office

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