Emergency Politics
Paradox, Law, Democracy
Bonnie Honig
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This book intervenes in contemporary debates about the threat posed to democratic life by political emergencies. Must emergency necessarily enhance and centralize top-down forms of sovereignty? Looking at how emergencies in the past and present have shaped the development of democracy, Bonnie Honig argues that democracies must resist emergency's pull to focus on life's necessities (food, security, and bare essentials) because these tend to privatize and isolate citizens rather than bring us together on behalf of hopeful futures.
"[A] remarkable book. . . . Honig's careful work enriches our understanding of democratic politics."--William Corlett, Law and Politics Book Review
Paper | $22.95 / £15.95 | ISBN: 978-0-691-15259-2
Cloth | 2009 | $26.95 / £18.95 | ISBN: 978-0-691-14298-2
e-Book | $22.95 | ISBN: 978-1-4008-3096-1
