Free expression and democracy: a comparative analysis

by Saunders, Kevin Wall

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Title Statements

Full title :Free expression and democracy : a comparative analysis / Kevin W. Saunders, Michigan State University.

Summary

Free Expression and Democracy takes on the assumption that limits on free expression will lead to authoritarianism or at least a weakening of democracy. That hypothesis is tested by an examination of issues involving expression and their treatment in countries included on The Economist's list of fully functioning democracies. Generally speaking, other countries allow prohibitions on hate speech, limits on third-party spending on elections, and the protection of children from media influences seen as harmful. Many ban Holocaust denial and the desecration of national symbols. Yet, these other countries all remain democratic, and most of those considered rank more highly than the United States on the democracy index. This book argues that while there may be other cultural values that call for more expansive protection of expression, that protection need not reach the level present in the United States in order to protect the democratic nature of a country.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2017.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:2017.

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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 03 May 2017).

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (x, 379 pages) : : PDF file(s)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781316771129, 1316771121, 1107171970, 9781107171978, 1316623084, 9781316623084
oclc:on1018058843
LC Classification:JC591
Dewey Decimal:323.44/3

The protection of free expression in a democracy -- Varieties of expression -- Incitement of crime -- Hate speech -- Holocaust denial and other false assertions of fact -- Political party bans -- Political campaign limitations -- The desecration of national symbols and lèse majesté -- Defamation -- Attacks on personal honor -- Obscenity and child pornography -- Children and expression -- Criminal trials and freedom of the press -- Government secrecy -- A matter of choices.