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Introduction: Pluralism, Tolerance and the Proscription of Political Parties Chapter 1: Theory and Research Design: From ‘militant democracy’ to security discourse, institutions and democratic competition Chapter 2: Ban Regimes and banned parties in Spain, the United Kingdom and Germany Chapter 3: Herri Batasuna and its successors: From ‘Terrorist Threat’ to Carrier of a ‘Copernican Shift’ from Violence Chapter 4: Sinn Féin and Republican Clubs: From terrorist pariah to republicanism’s pathway out of violence Chapter 5: The Socialist Reich Party and National Democratic Party of Germany: From ‘militant democracy’ to declining anti-system party threats Chapter 6: Electoral Systems as an alternative to party bans Chapter 7: Party bans and government formation Conclusion