Download or read book Democracy, Emergency, and Arbitrary Coercion written by Nick Sagos and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liberal democracies deal poorly with states of emergency because they underestimate the corrosive effect of arbitrary coercion on established liberal democratic values. Far from protecting the rights of citizens, arbitrary emergency measures undermine citizens’ rights.