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Loneliness, unhappiness, consumerism and its political consequences: observations and

April 3, 2021 by Hans Blokland, by Hans Blokland, Democratic Theory, Social Criticism No Comment 8 Views

Twenty years ago, the American political psychologist Robert E. Lane (1917 – 2017) published The Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies (2000). In it, he showed that Westerners (and Americans in particular) wereRead More

Angry, but not bad people on the Brandenburg countryside

June 5, 2019 by Hans Blokland, by Hans Blokland, Deliberation, Populism, Project reports, Research No Comment 4 Views

We are in a small town in rural Brandenburg and talk for two days with 32 long-term unemployed people. Most of them are older than 50. They opted to become a part ofRead More

The Crisis of Masculinities – A Brief Overview

May 10, 2018 by Jeanne Lenders, Populism, Social Criticism No Comment 13 Views

The so-called crisis of masculinity has drawn much attention and concern by politicians, academics, the public, and most dominantly, the media. This crisis is characterised by a widely perceived fear, uncertainty, and hysteriaRead More

How Postmodernism Advanced Populism: An Inside Story From The Netherlands

December 21, 2017 by Hans Blokland, by Hans Blokland, Democratic Theory, Populism, Science Criticism No Comment 4 Views

There are many factors that explain the upheaval of populism. Postmodernism is one of them. In the Netherlands, certainly the columnist represented and helped to shape the postmodernist mood, a mood characterized byRead More

Long Read: Our Fellows Respond To Right Wing Populist Arguments

November 7, 2017 by Martin Neise, by Oktay Tuncer, by Sergiu Buscaneanu, by Uwe Ruß, Populism, Populism, Project reports No Comment 5 Views

This year, Social Science Works has been working on the project ‘Deliberation Against Populism’ in which we have contacted citizens in Brandenburg that expressed an interest in populist political parties and arguments online.Read 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

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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