Freedom of political speech, hate speech and the argument from democracy: The transformative contribution of capabilities theory

Contemporary Political Theory

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 304-324

  Gelber, Katharine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

capabilities; Freedom of speech; Habermas; hate speech; Nussbaum; public discourse

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955589576     PISSN: 14708914     EISSN: 14769336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/cpt.2009.8     Document Type: Article

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