Citizens' Actions against Non-liberal-democratic Parties

Abstract

Political parties are important for the functioning and consolidation of democracy - citizens should defend their rights against parties with agendas that conflict with the principles of liberal democracy - the types of actions that are permissible for citizens depends on the conditions of political legitimacy and the closeness to power of non-liberal-democratic parties - theories of both (un-)civil disobedience and violent self-defence are relevant here