The Condition of Democracy

Democracy and citizenship are conceptually and empirically contested. Against the backdrop of recent and current profound transformations in and of democratic societies, this volume presents and discusses acute contestations, within and beyond national borders and boundaries.

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Jürgen Mackert is Professor of Sociology and co-director of the 'Centre for Citizenship, Social Pluralism and Religious Diversity' at Potsdam University, Germany. His research interests include sociology of citizenship, political economy, closure theory and collective violence. Recent publication: Social life as collective struggle: Closure theory, and the problem of solidarity, SOZIALPOLITIK.CH (2021).

Hannah Wolf is a Researcher and Lecturer at the Chair for General Sociology at the University of Potsdam, and associate member at the DFG-collaborative research centre 'Re-Figuration of Spaces'. Her research interests include urban sociology, theories of space and place and citizenship studies. Latest publication: Am Ende der Globalisierung: Über die Refiguration von Räumen (ed. with Martina Löw, Volkan Sayman and Jona Schwerer), 2021, transcript.

Bryan S. Turner is Research Professor of Sociology at the Australian Catholic University (Sydney), Emeritus Professor at the Graduate Center CUNY, Honorary Max Planck Professor at Potsdam University Germany, and Research Fellow at the Edward Cadbury Center, University of Birmingham, UK. He holds a Cambridge Litt.D. In 2020 with Rob Stones he published 'Successful Societies: Decision-making and the quality of attentiveness', British Journal of Sociology, 71(1), 183202.

Inhalt

Introduction: Considering Democracies Part 1: Contesting Borders and Boundaries 1. Rescaling Citizenship: Inclusion and Exclusion of Refugees in Europe's Multi-Level Governance Structure 2. Church Asylum as Ultima Ratio: Fighting for Access to German Society 3. Migration and Democracy: Reclaiming Democracy From its Nativist/Nationalist Closure Part 2: The Violence of Democracies 4. The Violence of Politics and the Participation of Citizens 5. The Crisis of Social Trust in Non-Violent Routines: Social Mobilization of Right-Wing Violence in Germany 6. Beyond Legal Referent: The Degradation of Citizenship Through The Yemen War Part 3: The Refiguration of Institutions 7. The Capture of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal and Its Impact on the Rights and Freedoms of Individuals 8. The Rise of Authoritarianism in the European Union: A Hybrid Regime in Hungary 9. Turkey's Regime Transformation and its Emerging Police State: The Judicialization of Politics, Everyday Emergency, and Marginalizing Citizenship