Zur Diagnose demokratischer Regression

Western democracies are increasingly being challenged by authoritarian populism. The assumption that democratic learning experiences are irreversible has become questionable. Can we identify a stable trend towards ‘democratic regression’ (Schäfer/Zürn)? What are the criteria on which such a diagnosis can be based, and what are the possible causes of such developments? What does the concept of regression add to the ubiquitous talk of the decline of democracy? This special issue provides the first comprehensive discussion of the empirical diagnoses, analytical determinations and normative uses of the phenomenon and concept of democratic regression.

With contributions by
Svenja Ahlhaus | Rainer Forst | Jakob Huber | Jasmin Sarah König | Claudia Landwehr | Philip Manow | Peter Niesen | Norma Osterberg-Kaufmann | Markus Patberg | Armin Schäfer | Tilko Swalve | Stefan Voigt | Jonathan White | Fabio Wolkenstein | Michael Zürn