Research Interests for Alexander Kirshner

My research cuts across democratic theory, comparative politics and constitutional law. I have just completed a book investigating the paradoxical ethical dilemmas raised by antidemocratic opposition to democratic government (forthcoming-Yale University Press). My current research explores the intellectual history and practice of legitimate opposition and the competition between religious parties in contemporary Egypt and Tunisia

Keywords:

Democracy

Recent Publications

1. Kirshner, AS; Spinner-Halev, J, Why Political Philosophy Should Be Robust, American Political Science Review, vol. 118 no. 4 (November, 2024), pp. 1658-1670 [doi] [abs]
2. Kirshner, AS, Legitimate opposition (September, 2022), pp. 1-282, ISBN 9780300243468 [doi] [abs]
3. Kirshner, AS, Can liberal integrity handle disagreement? Perhaps not, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, vol. 24 no. 4 (January, 2021), pp. 642-649 [doi] [abs]
4. Kirshner, A, What Is Christian Democracy? Politics, Religion and Ideology. By Carlo Invernizzi Accetti. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 396p. $120.00 cloth., Perspectives on Politics, vol. 18 no. 3 (September, 2020), pp. 938-939, Cambridge University Press (CUP) [doi]
5. Kirshner, AS, WHY NO GOOD, VERY BAD, ELITIST DEMOCRACY IS AN ACHIEVEMENT, NOT A FAILURE, in DEMOCRATIC FAILURE, vol. 63 (2020), pp. 79-98, ISBN 978-1-4798-0478-8