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Democracy Under Pressure: Political Radicalization and Citizen Discontent in East Ger

February 16, 2026 by Hans Blokland, Deliberation, Democratic Theory, Populism, Project reports No Comment 0 Views

Just like in numerous other Western countries, democracy in Germany is coming under increasing pressure. In 2026, legally mandated elections are scheduled in two western and three eastern federal states, and elections areRead More

Social Science Works hit by shit storm

November 22, 2020 News No Comment 4 Views

The advertisement of SSW for a further education for civil volunteers (see here), social workers and others on all sorts of discrimination and a post on an integration project have created a “shitRead More

Countering Radicalization: What the Research on Deliberation and Radicalization Teach

October 7, 2018 by Hans Blokland, by Hans Blokland, Deliberation, Democratic Theory, Extremism and Monism, Research No Comments 5 Views

Could radicalization be prevented or reversed by bringing together those that have seemingly entered this path, with other not (yet) radicalized citizens, to discuss fundamental issues like: democracy, pluralism, freedom, autonomy, respect andRead More

Challenging extreme claims for truth: How to deliberate the open, pluralist society w

June 4, 2018 by Hans Blokland, by Hans Blokland, Civil society, Deliberation, Democratic Theory, Uncategorized No Comment 3 Views

Imagine we are dealing with a person with a rather monistic mindset, thus believing, assuming or hoping that all questions can only have one right answer, that all these answers can be neatly,Read More

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