Introduction to the Special Section – ECPR 2021 Joint Sessions ‘Militant Democracy: New Challengers and Challenges’ metamorphoses of a Cold War concept new challengers intensify challenges for militant democracy evaluation effects effectiveness conceptual normative approaches broaden risk ‘concept stretching’ minimal common recognisable core

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