Developing a social enterprise devoted to democracy, deliberation and respect in a progressively hostile and indifferent environment: Experiences and observations of a social science trying to work in the eastern part of Germany
As citizens increasingly lose trust in politics and society, it becomes more important than ever ...
Angry, but not bad people on the Brandenburg countryside
We are in a small town in rural Brandenburg and talk for two days with ...
The Crisis of Masculinities – A Brief Overview
The so-called crisis of masculinity has drawn much attention and concern by politicians, academics, the ...
How Postmodernism Advanced Populism: An Inside Story From The Netherlands
There are many factors that explain the upheaval of populism. Postmodernism is one of them. ...
Long Read: Our Fellows Respond To Right Wing Populist Arguments
This year, Social Science Works has been working on the project ‘Deliberation Against Populism’ in ...
Alienation Online: An Analysis of Populist Facebook Pages In Brandenburg
This year, as part of the Social Science Works project ‘Deliberation gegen Populismus’ we have ...
Deliberation Against Populism: Reconnecting Radicalizing Citizens In East Germany & Elsewhere
In the deliberative project “Deliberation against Populism” we organized two events with citizens from Brandenburg, ...
Taking people seriously: a new approach for countering populism and furthering integration
In our deliberative democracy and integration projects we treat our participants – natives as well ...
The Center Does Not Hold: The Supply & Demand of the New Right’s Success
The year 2016 experienced unheard of electoral turbulence. While many thought that Brexit would mark ...
Progressive Neoliberalism & the Pull of Populism
In the wake of the turbulent US election, social theorist Nancy Fraser wrote that the ...
The Wave: The Rise Of European Far-Right Populism
2016 was a banner year in atypical electoral outcomes. At the outset of the year, ...
The French “Crisis of Authority” Is A Crisis Of The Authorities
In France, you lose count of how many times you’ve heard about the “crisis of ...