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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

Robert A. Dahl on Pluralism, Democracy and Deliberation

July 19, 2018 by Hans Blokland, by Hans Blokland, Civil society, Deliberation, Democratic Theory, Uncategorized No Comment 7 Views

Robert Dahl (1915 – 2014) is one of the most influential political scholars of the last century. His ideas on political scholarship, pluralism, democracy and deliberation also influenced Social Science Works. On Dahl,Read More

How to deliberate fundamental values? Notes from Brandenburg on our approach.

February 20, 2018 by Hans Blokland, Deliberation, Democratic Theory 1 Comment 6 Views

People hardly ever change their mind. The more they feel forced to justify themselves, the more they feel questioned, criticized, disrespected, and the smaller the chance that they will open their mind toRead More

Alienation Online: An Analysis of Populist Facebook Pages In Brandenburg

October 24, 2017 by Sarah Coughlan, Populism, Populism, Project reports, Unkategorisiert No Comment 2 Views

This year, as part of the Social Science Works project ‘Deliberation gegen Populismus’ we have been monitoring right-wing populist Facebook pages associated with Brandenburg. The project was financed by Tolerantes Brandenburg and includedRead More

Deliberation Against Populism: Reconnecting Radicalizing Citizens In East Germany �

October 13, 2017 by Hans Blokland, by Hans Blokland, Populism, Project reports No Comment 2 Views

In the deliberative project “Deliberation against Populism” we organized two events with citizens from Brandenburg, Germany, to discuss the problems that trouble them. The prime goal of the project was to find newRead More

Deliberation Against Populism: Reconnecting Radicalizing Citizens In East Germany �

October 13, 2017 by Hans Blokland, Deliberation, Populism No Comment 2 Views

In the deliberative project “Deliberation against Populism” we organized two events with citizens from Brandenburg, Germany, to discuss the problems that trouble them. The prime goal of the project was to find newRead More

Shy Tories & Virtue Signalling: How Labour Surged Online

June 16, 2017 by Sarah Coughlan, Uncategorized No Comment 4 Views

The calm after the storm has settled in London. The UK has had its third national election in as many years after Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May called a snap election to shore upRead More

Taking people seriously: a new approach for countering populism and furthering integr

May 11, 2017 by Hans Blokland, by Hans Blokland, Democratic Theory, Populism No Comment 3 Views

In our deliberative democracy and integration projects we treat our participants – natives as well as migrants – as citizens, able and willing to discuss in a rational way the big themes likeRead More

The Center Does Not Hold: The Supply & Demand of the New Right’s Success

May 4, 2017 by Martin Neise, Populism No Comment 2 Views

The year 2016 experienced unheard of electoral turbulence. While many thought that Brexit would mark the political event to be remembered for a generation, ‘The Donald’ put paid to that. These processes haveRead More

Progressive Neoliberalism & the Pull of Populism

April 21, 2017 by Lily Cichanowicz, Populism, Uncategorized No Comment 6 Views

In the wake of the turbulent US election, social theorist Nancy Fraser wrote that the progressive neoliberal politics of the establishment served as a major factor in ensuring the success of Donald TrumpRead More

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