Awards

• Joint winner of David Easton Award, Foundations of Political Theory Section, American Political Science Association 2012 (United States)
• Winner of David Easton Prize 2012
• Winner of David Easton Prize 2012.

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Author:   Bonnie Honig
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780691152592

ISBN 10:   0691152594
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   28 August 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

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Co-Winner of the 2012 David Easton Award, Foundations of Political Theory Section of the American Political Science Association [A] remarkable book... Honig's careful work enriches our understanding of democratic politics. --William Corlett, Law and Politics Book Review Creatively engaging with many debates in democratic theory, [Honig] is at her best reinterpreting unconventional texts like biblical parables or the legal history of the Red Scare. -- Choice Emergency Politics nicely combines theory with insightful analyses of historical and contemporary events... This is a timely and important book that should be read by anyone interested in the current state of democratic theory and practice. It is a cogent argument for an agonistic conception of democracy, based on insightful theoretical and empirical analyses. --Lasse Thomassen, Journal of Politics

Emergency Politics nicely combines theory with insightful analyses of historical and contemporary events. . . . This is a timely and important book that should be read by anyone interested in the current state of democratic theory and practice. It is a cogent argument for an agonistic conception of democracy, based on insightful theoretical and empirical analyses. --Lasse Thomassen, Journal of Politics Creatively engaging with many debates in democratic theory, [Honig] is at her best reinterpreting unconventional texts like biblical parables or the legal history of the Red Scare. --Choice [A] remarkable book. . . . Honig's careful work enriches our understanding of democratic politics. --William Corlett, Law and Politics Book Review Co-Winner of the 2012 David Easton Award, Foundations of Political Theory Section of the American Political Science Association

[A] remarkable book... Honig's careful work enriches our understanding of democratic politics. -- William Corlett, Law and Politics Book Review Creatively engaging with many debates in democratic theory, [Honig] is at her best reinterpreting unconventional texts like biblical parables or the legal history of the Red Scare. -- Choice Emergency Politics nicely combines theory with insightful analyses of historical and contemporary events... This is a timely and important book that should be read by anyone interested in the current state of democratic theory and practice. It is a cogent argument for an agonistic conception of democracy, based on insightful theoretical and empirical analyses. -- Lasse Thomassen, Journal of Politics

Creatively engaging with many debates in democratic theory, [Honig] is at her best reinterpreting unconventional texts like biblical parables or the legal history of the Red Scare. -- Choice

Author Information

Bonnie Honig is the Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University and a senior research professor at the American Bar Foundation in Chicago. Her books include Democracy and the Foreigner (Princeton) and Political Theory and the Displacement of Politics.

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