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Índice: Part 1: Introduction. 1. Theorising Successes and Failures of Enemies Threatening Empowered Political Nations. Joanna Rak and Roman Bäcker. 2. Theoretical Perspectives on Enemies of Democracy: Navigating the Battlefield. Roman Bäcker and Joanna Rak. 3. From Banning Paramilitary Groups to Banning Social Media Profiles: Enemies of Democracy and Four Generations of Militant Democratic Means. Maciej Skrzypek. Part 2: Militant Democracy and Its Enemies. 4. Fascism as a Phenomenon of Political Modernism and Totalitarian Democracy. Jacek Bartyzel. 5. How Authoritarian Actors Create a Democratic Regime: The Evolution of Franco’s Spain From Fascist Roots to Militant Democracy. José Luis Orella Martínez and Carlos Gregorio Hernández Hernández. 6. From Weimar Democracy to Totalitarianism: How the NSDAP’s Social Mobilisation and Elite Elimination Paved the Way for Nazi Victory. Roman Bäcker. 7. Why Did European Terrorists Fail in the Twentieth Century? The Traditional Enemies of Democracy and Their Struggle for Political Relevance. José Luis Orella Martinez. 8. Strategy and Resilience of Democratic Actors in Interwar Czechoslovakia: Enemies of Democracy. Jan Holzer. Part 3: Neo- and Cyber Militant Democracy and Their Enemies. 9. Russia’s Political Deep Structures as the Inherent Enemy of Democracy: Chronicle of a Death Foretold in Terms of Systems Analysis. Joachim Diec. 10. Nation and Sovereignty Under the Hungarian Fundamental Law of 2011. Agnieszka Bień-Kacała and Lóránt Csink. 11. Hybrid Interference at the Polish-Belarusian Border in 2021: Explaining the Success of Destabilisation Efforts. Karolina Owczarek. 12. Why Do Electoral Meddlers Fail to Succeed in Estonia? Explaining Resilience to Interference in Democracy. Magdalena Musiał-Karg, Louis Wierenga, and Martinas Malužinas. 13. Extreme Populist Parties and the Presidentialisation of Politics as a New Threat to the Fifth French Republic’s Constitutional Order. Łukasz Jakubiak. Part 4: Conclusions. 14. Confrontin