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Waisanen & Becker push back on conflict profiteers. Americans are far less polarised than media often suggests.
Before we "bridge" divides, we need to first *reveal* the common ground that already exists.
OA: tinyurl.com/6sfrecfp
#DemocraticTheory #Polarization #Democracy
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Celestino flips the script on Mexico's democratic decline. Morena's illiberal turn isn't the *cause* of the crisis. It's the *consequence* of a democratization that was always more procedural than substantive.
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New article share, open access, link below 💛
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#democracy #politicaltheory #democraticinnovation
We can cultivate democratic practices that are more inclusive, adaptive, and responsive to local realities across continents, cultures, languages, and species. We can even make our lives less authoritarian. #democracy
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Das Buch „The Sciences of the Democracies” (@uclpress.bsky.social) mit Benjamin Abrams, Jean-Paul Gagnon (@jeanpaulgagnon.bsky.social) & Petra Guasti (@petraguasti.bsky.social) gibt es als #openaccess zum Download:
To renew democracy, study it holistically.
Draw on five sources: individual people, groups, non-textual media, texts, and non-humans.
Do this across cultures, languages, and species to uncover unfamiliar practices beyond Western views.
#DemocraticRenewal
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A lovely interview by our co-author Tom Theuns on our recent book, The Sciences of the Democracies. His emphasis on the languages shows how very, very, much work we have ahead of us. #FundingPlease! 😁
Our readers are talking about the 'Fourth Theorist' of democracy.
This person is yet to exist.
They will be the first to theorize from thousands of practices and millions of texts/other on democracy.
Is this a type of theorist we want/need?
🦄 Read open access:
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-scien…
Thanks Arild! The ECPR are supporting us in publishing short essays on The Loop under the topic of "the science of democracy 2.0" (so discussion post-book) in case you would like to add your critical take. theloop.ecpr.eu?s=%F0%9F%A6%8B <- the link to the latest essays
@andreafelicetti.bsky.social @petraguasti.bsky.social @tomtheuns.bsky.social
New book share. UCL Press published our Sciences of the Democracies last week in open access PDF.
Link: uclpress.co.uk/book/the-sci...
A core implication of the book is that it seeks to revive basic descriptive research to lay the groundwork for stronger and more inclusive theories of democracy.
