Bibliograph

Political extremism and rationality, edited by Albert Breton [and others]

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Political extremism and rationality, edited by Albert Breton [and others]

Language

eng

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Political extremism and rationality

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electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

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883852923

Responsibility statement

edited by Albert Breton [and others]

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Summary

Political extremism is widely considered to be the product of irrational behavior. The distinguishing feature of this collection by well-known economists and political scientists from North America, Europe and Australia is to propose a variety of explanations which all insist on the rationality of extremism. Contributors use variants of this approach to shed light on subjects such as the conditions under which democratic parties take extremist positions, the relationship between extremism and conformism, the strategies adopted by revolutionary movements, and the reasons why extremism often leads to violence. The authors identify four core issues in the study of the phenomenon: the nature (definition) of extremism and its origins in both democratic and authoritarian settings, the capacity of democratic political systems to accommodate extremist positions, the strategies (civil disobedience, assassination, lynching) chosen by extremist groups, and the circumstances under which extremism becomes a threat to democracy.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The crippled epistemology of extremism / Russell Hardin -- Leadership and passion in extremist politics / Ronald Wintrobe -- Information control, loss of autonomy, and the emergence of political extremism / Albert Breton and Silvana Dalmazzone -- Extremism and monomania / Pierre Salmon -- Some democratic propensities for extreme results / Geoffrey Brennan -- Strategic positioning and campaigning / Amihai Glazer -- At the outskirts of the constitution / Gianluigi Galeotti -- Is democracy an antidote to extremism? / Harold M. Hochman -- The political life cycle of extremist organizations / Mario Ferrero -- Rationally violent tactics: evidence from modern Islamic fundamentalism / Luisa Giuriato and Maria Cristina Molinari -- De bello omnium[subscript i] contra omnes[subscript j] / Guido Ortona

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