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When The State Speaks What Should It Say : How Democracies Can Protect Expression And Promote Equality
Paperback Edition: 1
Distinguishing between two kinds of state action--expressive and coercive--Brettschneider contends that public criticism of viewpoints advocating discrimination based on race, gender, or sexual orientation should be pursued through the state's expressive capacities as speaker, educator, and spender. When the state uses its expressive capacities to
promote the values of free and equal citizenship, it engages in democratic persuasion. By using democratic persuasion, the state can both respect rights and counter hateful or discriminatory viewpoints.
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Pages : 232
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Publication date : 2016-04
Subjects: Non-fiction, Humanities, Politics, Political Control & Freedoms, Political Structures: Democracy