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Democracy in Times of Upheaval

Herausgegeben von: Matt Qvortrup

ISSN: 2701-147X

e-ISSN 2701-1488

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We live in times of change. Societies are in flux. Countries are becoming more polarised and divisions are growing deeper. The book series Democracy in Times of Upheaval goes behind the headlines and provides explanations and perspectives on the challenges facing us today.

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Reihenherausgeber Matt Qvortrup, Coventry University, Vereintes Königreich.

Fachgebiete

Buch 2023

Principles of Digital Democracy

Theory and Case Studies

Roslyn Fuller

Band 8 in dieser Reihe

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Drawing on almost a decade of first-hand experience, Principles of Digital Democracy presents a unique look at digital democracy tools in action. Whether it is carbon budgeting in Canada, voting on legislation in Italy or policy consultation in Taiwan, this book explains not just what is possible to achieve with digital democracy tools today, but how to assess the life-cycle of civic engagement, as well as different approaches to security and policy implementation.

Principles of Digital Democracy combines theory with practice, giving the reader an overarching theory of the components (Bestandteile) of digital democracy (e.g. ideation, deliberation, decision-making), as well as numerous case studies from around the world. Interviews with organizers and participants provide further insight into who participates in digital democracy and why they do so.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110794465
ISBN:: 9783110794465
ISBN:: 9783110794540
ISBN:: 9783110794397
Fachgebiet:: Sozialwissenschaften
Fachgebiet:: Politikwissenschaften
Fachgebiet:: Politikwissenschaften, Allgemeines
Fachgebiet:: Innenpolitik, Parteien, andere politische Organisationen
Fachgebiet:: Sozialwissenschaften, andere
Verlag:: De Gruyter

Buch 2023

The Crooked Timber of Democracy in Israel

Promise Unfulfilled

Dahlia Scheindlin

Band 7 in dieser Reihe

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A narrative chronicle of Israeli democracy that defines historic phases and follows thematic challenges to democracy, including: competition between religion and the rule of law; the statist society and chaotic minoritocracy; modern illiberal populism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The comprehensive portrait exposes endemic flaws of democracy in Israel, but also shows that Israel has considerable capacity – and responsibility – to fulfill the promise of democracy.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110796582
ISBN:: 9783110796582
ISBN:: 9783111395517
ISBN:: 9783110796674
ISBN:: 9783110796452
Fachgebiet:: Islam- und Nahostwissenschaft
Fachgebiet:: Geschichte
Fachgebiet:: Politik
Fachgebiet:: Sozialwissenschaften
Fachgebiet:: Politikwissenschaften
Fachgebiet:: Politikwissenschaften, Allgemeines
Fachgebiet:: Innenpolitik, Parteien, andere politische Organisationen
Verlag:: De Gruyter

Buch Noch nicht erschienen 2023

Democratic Turbulence in the United Kingdom

Andrew Blick

Band 6 in dieser Reihe

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Numerous analysts have lately expressed concern about tendencies including democratic backsliding and populism occurring in many countries worldwide. This book considers such theories in the context of the United Kingdom (UK) in the period since 2016, examining Brexit and numerous other subjects. The author applies the techniques of the historian, drawing on a variety of primary and secondary materials. Offering both evidence-based assessment and polemic, the work presents its analysis in a variety of different forms, intended to convey the complexity and extensive sweep of the issues. The book concludes that, while they have precedents, UK democracy faces real and broad challenges. The author makes recommendations for addressing these problems.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783110735925
ISBN:: 9783110735925
ISBN:: 9783110739350
ISBN:: 9783110735949
Fachgebiet:: Sozialwissenschaften
Fachgebiet:: Soziologie
Fachgebiet:: Politische Soziologie
Fachgebiet:: Politikwissenschaften
Fachgebiet:: Politikwissenschaften, Allgemeines
Fachgebiet:: Innenpolitik, Parteien, andere politische Organisationen
Fachgebiet:: Sozialwissenschaften, andere
Verlag:: De Gruyter

Buch 2022

Complementary Democracy

The Art of Deliberative Listening

Matt Qvortrup, Daniela Vancic

Band 4 in dieser Reihe

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Democracy is on the run, and elected governments are suffering from a legitimacy crisis. Legislatures are increasingly seen as unrepresentative. To give legitimacy to democratic government, experts argue that we need more democracy and more opportunities for direct citizen participation. Representative democracy needs to be complemented by forms of direct engagement, such as referendums, popular votes, the recall, citizens’ juries, eDemocracy, etc. This is what we term Complementary Democracy. In this book experts from the worlds of practice and theory come together to explain – and occasionally critique – these complements to representative democracy. The volume provides an invaluable starting point for anyone who wants to know more about the new directions of democratic governance, and hopes to inspire those who seek to build stronger democracies.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110747331
ISBN:: 9783110747331
ISBN:: 9783110747249
ISBN:: 9783110747478
Fachgebiet:: Sozialwissenschaften
Fachgebiet:: Soziologie
Fachgebiet:: Sozialstruktur, soziales Leben, Bevölkerung, Sozialanthropologie
Fachgebiet:: Politikwissenschaften
Fachgebiet:: Politikwissenschaften, Allgemeines
Fachgebiet:: Theorie
Fachgebiet:: Sozialwissenschaften, andere
Verlag:: De Gruyter

Buch 2022

The Will of the People

Populism and Citizen Participation in Latin America

Yanina Welp

Band 3 in dieser Reihe

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The Will of the People: Populism and Citizen Participation in Latin America argues that while populist leaders typically claim to speak 'in the name of the people', they rarely allow the people to express their opinion independently through institutions of citizen participation. The argument is rooted in theoretical discussions and empirical analyses of trends and specific cases.

The volume deals with the following questions: Why is populism so prolific in the Latin American region? How and where do populist leaders arrive to power? Is there a connection between populism and fascism as claimed by negative views of Argentinian Peronism? Are populist leaders more keen on introducing mechanisms of direct citizen participation? Are the erosions of the political party system an explanation of the emergence of populism, as seems to be the case with Fujimorism in Peru? To what extent have the governments of Hugo Chávez, Evo Morales and Rafael Correa given voice to the people through the so-called participatory democracy?

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110732412
ISBN:: 9783110732412
ISBN:: 9783110737349
ISBN:: 9783110732528
Fachgebiet:: Sozialwissenschaften
Fachgebiet:: Soziologie
Fachgebiet:: Politische Soziologie
Fachgebiet:: Politikwissenschaften
Fachgebiet:: Politikwissenschaften, Allgemeines
Fachgebiet:: Sozialwissenschaften, andere
Verlag:: De Gruyter

Buch 2022

Beyond the Voting Rights Act

The Untold Story of the Struggle to Reform America's Voter Registration Laws

Gregory T. Moore

Band 2 in dieser Reihe

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Beyond the Voting Rights Act movingly recounts over 30 years of contemporary voting rights battles in the United States from the 1980s to the present day. The book places in context the modern-day battles against voter suppression laws that were embedded in American history and are still underway across the country. It tells a story of that struggle from the author’s perspective beginning as a young African American from Cleveland in the 1980s, who reluctantly became involved within this movement as a student activist and inadvertently rose to become an integral part of the ultimate legislative victory

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110742473
ISBN:: 9783110742473
ISBN:: 9783110742565
ISBN:: 9783110742312
ISBN:: 9783110782738
Fachgebiet:: Sozialwissenschaften
Fachgebiet:: Soziologie
Fachgebiet:: Sozialstruktur, soziales Leben, Bevölkerung, Sozialanthropologie
Fachgebiet:: Politische Soziologie
Fachgebiet:: Politikwissenschaften
Fachgebiet:: Politikwissenschaften, Allgemeines
Fachgebiet:: Innenpolitik, Parteien, andere politische Organisationen
Verlag:: De Gruyter

Buch Noch nicht erschienen 2023

Death by a Thousand Cuts

Neuropolitics, Thymos, and the Slow Demise of Democracy

Matt Qvortrup

Band 1 in dieser Reihe

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According to Plato, democracies die when people get angry. Resentment causes them to vote for demagogues. Recently, democratically elected politicians have used crises as a pretext for dismantling democracy, following a pattern we have seen since the dawn of civilization. Why do people fall for the lure of dictatorships? And what can we learn from the cause and effects of dictatorships to understand why democracies die?
In this new edition of Matt Qvortrup’s acclaimed monograph Death By A Thousand Cuts, the author shows how neuroscience can help us understand why people willingly give up their democratic rights or are unwillingly forced to do so.
Death by a Thousand Cuts: Neuropolitics, Thymos, and the Slow Demise of Democracy is written in an accessible style with vignettes and new empirical data to provide historical context and neurological evidence on a much-discussed topic: the threat of democracy. This book will help readers who are concerned about the longevity of democracy understand when and why democracy is in danger of collapsing and alert them to the warning signs of its demise.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783111327839
ISBN:: 9783111327839
ISBN:: 9783111328058
ISBN:: 9783111327792
Fachgebiet:: Geschichte
Fachgebiet:: Themen der Geschichte
Fachgebiet:: Ideologien und politische Ideen
Fachgebiet:: Sozialwissenschaften
Fachgebiet:: Politikwissenschaften
Fachgebiet:: Politikwissenschaften, Allgemeines
Verlag:: De Gruyter