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On Political Impotence: How Liberal Democracy Becomes Militant, and Its Demos Becomes Impotent

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2019
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dc.abstract.plResearch into liberal democracy’s self-preserving quality is usually confined to the notion ‘militant democracy’ and focuses mainly on the specific instruments the political system employs to challenge its adversaries and bolster its structure. This paper takes a different approach to understanding liberal democracy’s self-preservation. It challenges the boundaries of the dominant concept by exploring consolidative tendencies in a more general and comprehensive fashion, focusing on gradual political – and legal evolutionary developments that contribute to the solidification of the political system. On that basis, a critical follow-up question is posed: what are the implications of these consolidative endeavours? By highlighting ‘political impotence’ and its destabilizing effects as one of more socio-political implications, the paper suggests that the self-preserving vigour of liberal democracy might turn out to be counterproductive, and that the crisis which liberal democracy is now experiencing does not occur in spite of but rather because of its self-preserving characteristics.
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Manchester
dc.contributor.authorUrsus Eijkelenberg
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-25T16:21:30Z
dc.date.available2025-07-25T16:21:30Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.date.published2019
dc.description.issue1
dc.description.physical164-190
dc.description.volume11
dc.identifier.doi10.7206/kp.2080-1084.281
dc.identifier.issn2080-1084
dc.identifier.urihttps://repozytorium.kozminski.edu.pl/handle/item/2098
dc.languageen
dc.relation.ispartofKrytyka Prawa. Niezależne Studia nad Prawem
dc.relation.pages164-190
dc.rightsCC-BY-4.0
dc.subjectdemokracja liberalna
dc.subjectdemokracja walcząca
dc.subjectkonstytucjonalizm prawny
dc.subjectpopulizm
dc.subjectniemoc polityczna
dc.title

On Political Impotence: How Liberal Democracy Becomes Militant, and Its Demos Becomes Impotent

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