From a politics of no alternative to a politics of fear / Michael Weinman and Boris Vormann -- What does a legitimation crisis mean today? / Brian Milstein -- Illiberal democracy and the struggle on the right / Marc Plattner -- Illiberal democracy? : a Tocquevillian perspective / Ewa Atanassow -- The open society from a conservative perspective / Roger Scruton -- The failing technocratic prejudice and the challenge to liberal democracy / Roger BerkowitzII -- Global Trumpism : understanding anti-system politics in Western democracies / Jonathan Hopkin and Mark Blyth -- The crisis of democracy : the United States in perspective / Christian Lammert -- The European Union and Its chances for democratic revitalization / Claudia Wiesner -- Eastern Europe's illiberal revolution / Ivan Krastev -- Illiberal democracy or electoral autocracy : the case of Turkey / Gulcʹin Balamir Cosʹkun and Aysuda Kolemen -- India's unofficial emergency / Nandini Sundar -- Japan : land of the rising right / Kristin Surak -- "It's all corrupt" : the roots of Bolsonarism in Brazil / Esther Solano -- Populism and democracy : the long view / Craig Calhoun.
Summary:
"As illiberal and authoritarian trends are on the rise-both in fragile and seemingly robust democracies-there is growing concern about the longevity of liberalism and democracy. The purpose of this volume is to draw on the analytical resources of various disciplines and public policy approaches to reflect on the current standing of liberal democracy. Leading social scientists from different disciplinary backgrounds aim to examine the ideological and structural roots of the current crisis of liberal democracies, in the West and beyond, conceptually and empirically. The volume is divided into two main parts: Part I explores tensions between liberalism and democracy in a longer-term, historical perspective to explain immanent vulnerabilities of liberal democracy. Authors examine the conceptual foundations of Western liberal democracy that have shaped its standing in the contemporary world. What lies at the core of illiberal tendencies? Part II explores case studies from the North Atlantic, Eastern Europe, Turkey, India, Japan, and Brazil, raising questions whether democratic crises, manifested in the rise of populist movements in and beyond the Western context, differ in kind or only in degree. How can we explain the current popular appeal of authoritarian governments and illiberal ideas? The Emergence of Illiberalism will be of great interest to teachers and students of politics, sociology, political theory and comparative government"-- Provided by publisher.
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