Download or read book Political Extremism in Democracies written by William M. Downs and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-06-18 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When political 'extremists' - organized into parties that compete openly and successfully in democratic elections - enter the conventional institutional arena, how do mainstream actors react? This book deals with understanding how democracies respond to party-based extremism and with what consequences.