The use and abuse of ‘universal values’ in the Danish cartoon controversy

European Political Science Review

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 401-422

  Rostbøll, Christian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

deliberation; democracy; fallibilism; liberalism; universalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011485060     PISSN: 17557739     EISSN: 17557747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S175577391000024X     Document Type: Article

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