Sieges and Coups: Two Threats to Liberal Democracy.
Published In: Social Research, 2025, v. 92, n. 1. P. 75 1 of 3
Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3
Authored By: Goodin, Robert E. 3 of 3
Abstract
A coup is a short, sharp intervention, like the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. A siege is a slow protracted affair, like the Federalist Society's decades-long campaign to seize control of the US judiciary. Both coups and sieges can pose serious threats to basic institutions of liberal democracy. In resisting those threats, liberal democracies are handicapped by their own liberal democratic commitments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- Source:Social Research. 2025/03, Vol. 92, Issue 1, p75
- Document Type:Article
- Subject Area:History
- Publication Date:2025
- ISSN:0037-783X
- DOI:10.1353/sor.2025.a956287
- Accession Number:184329123
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