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100 1 a| Spanje, Joost van,e| author.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjFgvxJMt9BfqKGtykkmtX;

245 10 a| Prosecuting politicians for hate speech and the consequences for democracy /c| Joost van Spanje, Rachid Azrout.;

264 1 a| Oxford, UK ;a| New York, NY :b| Oxford University Press,c| [2025];

300 a| 229 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

520 a| "This book is about hate speech trials of politicians, and its effects on citizens. First, it maps 51 cases against 42 political leaders in nine countries since 1965. These leaders include, for instance, Marine Le Pen in France and Geert Wilders in the Netherlands. After that, it theorizes about, and empirically assesses, four effects of these cases: effects on hate crime incidence, on the electoral support for the far right, on democratic support, and on legal system support. Based partly on pre-existing data and partly data we have collected ourselves, it empirically demonstrates under what circumstances these effects occur and how much uncertainty surrounds our conclusions. The data sources include surveys, police reports, experiments, and Twitter. To analyze these data we use a standard repertoire of statistical models, including advanced times series models. We explain our methodological choices and discuss our results and the uncertainties surrounding them. In the course of the book, we speak to various academic and societal debates, touching on questions such as: What drives hate crime? How to respond to populists? Does progressive litigation backfire? What fuels far-right voting? How to react to hate speech? What causes declines in democratic support? Our approach is dispassionate, focusing on simply measuring effects of hate speech trials. We arrive at relatively straightforward (and deeply concerning) findings, and argue that this empirical evidence must be taken into account when deciding to prosecute." --c| Publisher's website.;

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Prosecuting politicians for hate speech and the consequences for democracy / Joost van Spanje, Rachid Azrout.

Author/creator	Spanje, Joost van author.
Other author	Azrout, Rachid, author.
Format	Book
Publication	Oxford, UK ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Description	229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Communication in politics. Hate speech--Political aspects. Politicians--Language. Politicians--Attitudes. Right-wing extremists.

Abstract	"This book is about hate speech trials of politicians, and its effects on citizens. First, it maps 51 cases against 42 political leaders in nine countries since 1965. These leaders include, for instance, Marine Le Pen in France and Geert Wilders in the Netherlands. After that, it theorizes about, and empirically assesses, four effects of these cases: effects on hate crime incidence, on the electoral support for the far right, on democratic support, and on legal system support. Based partly on pre-existing data and partly data we have collected ourselves, it empirically demonstrates under what circumstances these effects occur and how much uncertainty surrounds our conclusions. The data sources include surveys, police reports, experiments, and Twitter. To analyze these data we use a standard repertoire of statistical models, including advanced times series models. We explain our methodological choices and discuss our results and the uncertainties surrounding them. In the course of the book, we speak to various academic and societal debates, touching on questions such as: What drives hate crime? How to respond to populists? Does progressive litigation backfire? What fuels far-right voting? How to react to hate speech? What causes declines in democratic support? Our approach is dispassionate, focusing on simply measuring effects of hate speech trials. We arrive at relatively straightforward (and deeply concerning) findings, and argue that this empirical evidence must be taken into account when deciding to prosecute." -- Publisher's website.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	Case studies.
Genre/form	Études de cas.
ISBN	9780198951223
ISBN	0198951221 (hardcover)

Prosecuting politicians for hate speech and the consequences for democracy / Joost van Spanje, Rachid Azrout.

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