Dissensus over liberal democracy : key conversations with leading voices /
This book highlights pressing challenges confronting liberal democracy and the rule of law by presenting a series of compelling narratives from individuals who experience the expression of dissensus over liberal democracy in their professional lives. By exploring diverse perspectives on democracy an...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer,
2026.
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| Series: | Contributions to political science,
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Table of Contents:
- The everyday experience of dissensus over liberal democracy
- Many of the crises we face are invisible crises of meaning'. Interview with Georgi Gospodinov
- There are 27 ways to be democratic'. Interview with Robert Menasse
- We live in prefascist times in the sense that fascism is possible'. Interview with Natascha Strobl
- Liberalism increasingly undermines its own conditions for social reproduction'. Interview with Adrienne Buller
- No fiscal rule is as strict as it is portrayed in public'. Interview with Philippa Sigl-Glöckner
- Social rights and civil rights are the embodiment of the rule of law'. Interview with Virginia Fiume
- It is crucial that our internal alarm systems are well-tuned so we can quickly identify problems and intervene'. Interview with Diana Filimon
- People are getting increasingly confused about what is information and what is opinion'. Interview with Laurent Richard
- It is time for us to take a real look at the causes and the actors eroding democracy'. Interview with Neil Datta
- Democracy is a more complicated story to defend than to attack'. Interview with John Morijn
- The rule of law is too important to be exclusive to lawyers'. Interview with Petra Bárd
- All constitutional systems have their differences, but I do not think any of them is immune'. Interview with Maximilian Steinbeis
- The question is how much of a downturn we will have to endure before things start looking up'. Interview with András Kádár
- I Wanted to Create Reality Instead of Documenting It'. Interview with Iwona Harris
- The nature of dissensus is essentially social economic'. Interview with Nikos Pilos
- Inaction is perhaps the biggest threat to democracy'. Interview with Nicholas Aiossa
- We need to be careful about how many unresolved social conflicts, or dissensus, are just moved to the courtroom'. Interview with Vigjilenca Abazi
- As humanity's future is at stake, climate inaction is arguably the most concerning betrayal of the social contract between the State and its people'. Interview with
- Filippo Among the challenges the EU must face, like the climate transition, a lot of workers feel that they will be left behind'. Interview with Ludovic Voet
- The EU is still the only trade player with a vision for animal welfare in trade'. Interview with Stephanie Ghislain
- The national interest is not polarisation, the national interest is actually to unify society'. Interview with Vidar Helgesen
- I am deeply sceptical about what democracy, especially liberal democracy, has turned into'. Interview with Nidžara Ahmetašević
- We need a democratic liberalism where everyone feels they fit in'. Interview with Kurt Bassuener
- The absence of accountability and rule of law is directly leading to the loss of lives'. Interview with Sonja Stojanović Gajić
- We should go for gradual accession'. Interview with Pierre Mirel
- The Western world cannot be the sole arbiter of what democracy is or how it is modelled and engendered'. Interview with Larbi Sadiki
- Ghana's democracy has been reduced to an electoral democracy'. Interview with Vera Abena Addo
- We may well be on the path to global destruction. And all I can do is fight against that'. Interview with Sarah Leah Whitson.