Prosecuting politicians for hate speech and the consequences for democracy /
'Prosecuting Politicians for Hate Speech and the Consequences for Democracy' is about hate speech trials of politicians, and its effects on citizens. First, it maps 51 cases against 42 political leaders in nine countries since 1965. These leaders include, for instance, Marine Le Pen in Fra...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Oxford, UK ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2025]
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 'Prosecuting Politicians for Hate Speech and the Consequences for Democracy' is about hate speech trials of politicians, and its effects on citizens. First, it maps 51 cases against 42 political leaders in nine countries since 1965. These leaders include, for instance, Marine Le Pen in France and Geert Wilders in the Netherlands. It theorises about, and empirically assesses, four effects of these cases: effects on hate crime incidence, on the electoral support for the far right, on democratic support, and on legal system support. Based on partly pre-existing data and partly data the authors have collected, it empirically demonstrates under what circumstances these effects occur and how much uncertainty surrounds their conclusions. The data sources explored in this book include surveys, police reports, experiments, and social media. |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198951247 0198951248 9780198951254 0198951256 |