englischCrises signal eventful deviations from the normal state of affairs and prompt societies to reflect (on themselves). The Covid-19 crisis provided a stark illustration of this. In view of the apparent omnipresence of crises, the question arises as to how states have dealt with and can deal [...]
more informationenglischThe current political debates about climate change or the coronavirus pandemic reveal the fundamental controversial nature of expertise in politics and society. The contributions in this volume analyse various facets, actors and dynamics of the current conflicts about knowledge and [...]
more informationenglischProtests are drivers of change but, at the same time, are also objects of change. The conditions under which protest emerges, the forms in which it is articulated and its potential impact may change in subtle ways or abruptly, with a big bang. The contributions in this edited volume focus on [...]
more informationenglischSince 2011, the Middle East has been in a process of open-ended political change. What are the reasons for this reconfiguration and the old authoritarian states’ resilience? This book aims at deconstructing the political and social transformation in the Middle East from an interdisciplinary, [...]
more informationPolitik und Ökonomie sind im Zuge von Globalisierung und zunehmender Krisenanfälligkeit von tiefgreifenden Veränderungen geprägt, die die Frage nach der Rechtfertigung institutioneller Strukturen, einzelner Entscheidungen und bestimmter Akteure aufwerfen. Akteure unterschiedlichster Art bemühen sich [...]
more informationenglischMigration has become a contested issue in post-migrant democracies. This special issue takes the contested nature of migration as a starting point to shed light on the interrelation between democracy and migration. The aim is to assess the challenges and democratic potentials of the [...]
more informationenglischThere is hardly a social field today where it is not imperative to always be successful. What caused the triumph of this guiding principle? What are the social conditions and the consequences of the increasingly ubiquitous motto: Success at any price?
The 16 contributions explore the [...]
more informationenglischOur political times appear unstable: Liberal democracy is struggling to retain its inner balance and is being destabilised by both internal and external forces. How can stability be achieved — and what is stability? When does stability become undemocratic? And what can we learn from [...]
more informationenglischUntil now, the visual depiction of political rule has been characterised by portrayals of power and unity, and research has focused on these representations of political identity as opposed to representations of difference in politics, which are often especially productive. In democracies in [...]
more informationenglischThe traditional patterns of political representation have been thrown into crisis because populism is posing a serious challenge to liberal democracies. In recent years, the rise of populism has triggered an intensive debate in the field of social sciences on its causes and legitimacy and on [...]
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