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New book published: Talking Politics and Society Again: Reengaging with Fellow Citize

March 17, 2025 by Hans Blokland, Democratic Theory, News, Populism No Comment 16 Views

Talking Politics and Society Again: Reengaging with Fellow Citizens is the title of the new book of Hans Blokland. It will be published by Transcript Verlag in Bielefeld and will be available fromRead More

Populism in Algeria: Negation of Politics

March 5, 2025 by Akram Yahiaoui, Democratic Theory, Populism, Populism No Comment 22 Views

If one term can describe Algeria’s political system from its inception to today, it is populism. For social, cultural, and historical reasons, populism served as the ideological foundation for the national liberation movementRead More

Populism in France: An overview of its history, narratives, and relationship with the

December 29, 2024 by Noelle Wendling, Democratic Theory, Populism, Populism, Social Criticism No Comment 28 Views

 The last elections (legislative and European) in France have highlighted more than ever the success of populist parties and strategies in French politics, on the left as well as on the right. TheRead More

Populism in the Netherlands: tradition or trend?

December 9, 2024 by Eline Sap, Democratic Theory, Populism No Comment 14 Views

This article examines the history of populism in the Netherlands and how this led to the recent success of the populist right-wing PVV. This party is mostly known for its radical ideas aboutRead More

Does Federalism Work for Afghanistan?

September 30, 2023 Democratic Theory, Research 2 Comments 7 Views

In countries like Afghanistan, where there are important ethnic, cultural and linguistic divergencies, a unitary system of government is always a great source of hostility and bitterness on the part of minority groups.Read More

Resisting democratic decline: deliberation and some lessons from Germany and beyond

May 11, 2023 by Hans Blokland, by Hans Blokland, Democratic Theory No Comment 6 Views

Democracies around the world seem to lose appeal for growing numbers of citizens. Partly explaining this trend, citizens seem less and less able to steer, on the basis of substantial rational considerations, theRead More

Politics is no Match for Business: Charles Lindblom, Elon Musk and the Privileged Pos

April 13, 2022 by Hans Blokland, by Hans Blokland, Democratic Theory No Comment 10 Views

The interplay between Elon Musk and the social democratic government in Brandenburg, where Tesla recently opened a Giga factory, illustrates what Charles Lindblom termed in 1977 the privileged position of business. To makeRead More

Contemptuous Encounters: How Internalised Beliefs about Work and Self-Esteem Create a

March 11, 2022 by Phillip Reissenweber, Democratic Theory No Comment 8 Views

Bringing people together can be a risky business. You invite people from different parts of the society. They might distrust you. They might also distrust the people they expect to meet. Part ofRead More

Charles Lindblom on the Market, Elites, Inequality and our Inability to Think Clear

June 22, 2021 by Hans Blokland, by Hans Blokland, Democratic Theory, Social Criticism No Comment 11 Views

Charles Lindblom (1917 – 2017), one of the most important political scientists of the twentieth century, published in 2000 The Market System : What it is, how it works, and what to makeRead More

Planning a future together: Could Eisenhüttenstadt use some deliberative democracy?

June 1, 2021 by Hans Blokland, by Hans Blokland, Democratic Theory, Urban Sociology and Tourism No Comment 3 Views

Political communities occasionally come to crossroads where fundamental, far-reaching decisions must be made. At such times, it can enhance the democratic and substantive quality of decision-making if significant numbers of citizens are invitedRead More

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