Claudia Wiesner

Meike Schmidt-Gleim

Ruzha Smilova

Der Band beleuchtet die vielfältigen Dimensionen der gegenwärtigen Krise der Demokratie in Europa auf empirische und konzeptuelle Weise. Er verbindet kontextspezifische Fallstudien von Beispielen aus ganz Europa und insbesondere aus Osteuropa mit einer theoretischen Neukonzeption des Demokratiebegriffs. Demokratie wird als unabschließbare Praxis ergebnisoffener demokratischer Verfahren verstanden. Die Krise spielt in dieser Sichtweise eine konstitutive Rolle für die Demokratie, die sie auflösen, aber auch neu erschaffen kann. Demokratie ist ein dialektischer Kampf zwischen Praxen der Politisierung und der Entpolitisierung, d.h. zwischen der Herstellung und Erweiterung von Kontingenz und Prozessen, die letztere einschränken. Dieses Verständnis der Krise als konstitutiv für die Demokratie kann neue Wege für die Demokratisierung eröffnen, anstatt Krisen als den Beginn des Untergangs der Demokratie zu verstehen. Mit Beiträgen von Aleksandra Belina, Michael Briguglio, Maria Brown, Evgenii Dainov, Alexandra Iancu, Anna Krasteva, Tonci Kursar, Gonçalo Marcelo, Ana Matan, José Maria Rosales, Přemysl Rosůlek, Meike Schmidt-Gleim, Natalija Shikova, Ruzha Smilova, Christel Stormhoej, Renata Uitz und Claudia Wiesner.

The Dialectics of Politicisation and Depoliticisation

Democratic Crisis Revisited

Sylvia Bordne

Beschäftigungsförderung, Gender Mainstreaming und Integration im lokalen EU-Modellprojekt

Lokales Regieren - Innovation und Evaluation

This book decisively advances the academic debate on politicisation beyond the state of the art. It is the first book to theorise and conceptualise 'politicisation' across the epistemic communities of different subdisciplines, bringing together the different strands in the debate: (international) political theory, political sociology, comparative politics, EU studies, legal theory and international relations. This provides a comprehensive discussion of different concepts of politicisation, their ontological and theoretical backgrounds, and their analytical value, including speech-act, practice- and actor-oriented approaches. Furthermore, the linkages of politicisation to the concepts of politics and the political, democracy, depoliticisation, juridification, populism, and Euroscepticism are clarified. Finally, the book shows how the methodological toolbox in empirical politicisation research can be completed regarding different arenas, actors and modes of politicisation. The volume thus provides a much-needed theoretical and conceptual reflection to the newly emerging research field of politicisation in order to recognise and define the key issues and build a solid foundation for further debate and empirical research.

Rethinking Politicisation in Politics, Sociology and International Relations

Evgeny Roshchin

Marie-Christine Boilard

In Debate with Kari Palonen is a collection of 48 essays written by scholars from a great variety of research fields. All essays discuss the scientific contributions of the Finnish political scientist Kari Palonen, from his views on political thought to the understanding of conceptual change and the study of politics as an activity. The essays critically engage with Palonen's arguments and explore their implications in the diverse domains of the social sciences and humanities. The first section of the book raises theoretical questions about the relationship between political theory and conceptual history, as well as the extension of the latter to other disciplines. The second section looks at past and contemporary political institutions, processes and constellations through the lenses of Palonen ́s oeuvre and thought. Here, particular emphasis is placed on politics as a concept and as an activity. The third section discusses the idea of plural histories, contingencies and intellectual engagements. This includes reflections situating Palonen within wider debates in the social sciences and humanities as well as identifying shifts in his work as it has developed. In Debate with Kari Palonen thus provides students and scholars alike with an exciting opportunity to observe cross-generational intellectual reactions to some of the many ideas and debates Palonen has initiated or contributed to.

Concepts, Politics, Histories

In Debate with Kari Palonen

Anna Bjork

Katja Mkinen

Hanna-Mari Kivisto

Citizenship is a core concept for the social sciences, and citizenship is also frequently interpreted, challenged and contested in different political arenas. Shaping Citizenship explores how the concept is debated and contested, defined and redefined, used and constructed by different agents, at different times, and with regard to both theory and practice. The book uses a reflexive and constructivist perspective on the concept of citizenship that draws on the theory and methodology of conceptual history. This approach enables a panorama of politically important readings on citizenship that provide an interdisciplinary perspective and help to transcend narrow and simplified views on citizenship. The three parts of the book focus respectively on theories, debates and practices of citizenship. In the chapters, constructions and struggles related to citizenship are approached by experts from different fields. Thematically the chapters focus on political representation, migration, internationalization, sub-and transnationalization as well as the Europeanisation of citizenship. An indispensable read to scholars and students, Shaping Citizenship presents new ways to study the conceptual changes, struggles and debates related to core dimensions of this ever-evolving concept.

A Political Concept in Theory, Debate and Practice

Shaping Citizenship

Katja Mäkinen

Citizenship is a core concept for the social sciences, and citizenship is also frequently interpreted, challenged and contested in different political arenas. Shaping Citizenship explores how the concept is debated and contested, defined and redefined, used and constructed by different agents, at different times, and with regard to both theory and practice. The book uses a reflexive and constructivist perspective on the concept of citizenship that draws on the theory and methodology of conceptual history. This approach enables a panorama of politically important readings on citizenship that provide an interdisciplinary perspective and help to transcend narrow and simplified views on citizenship. The three parts of the book focus respectively on theories, debates and practices of citizenship. In the chapters, constructions and struggles related to citizenship are approached by experts from different fields. Thematically the chapters focus on political representation, migration, internationalization, sub- and transnationalization as well as the Europeanisation of citizenship. An indispensable read to scholars and students, Shaping Citizenship presents new ways to study the conceptual changes, struggles and debates related to core dimensions of this ever-evolving concept.

A Political Concept in Theory, Debate, and Practice

Kari Palonen

Taru Haapala

This book explicates how debates and documents can be understood, interpreted and analysed as political action. It offers the reader both a theoretical introduction and practical guidance. The authors deploy the perspective that debates are to be understood as political activity, and documents can be regarded as frozen debates. The first chapter discusses what is to be understood as politics and political. The second chapter explains the concept of debate as an exchange of arguments in speaking pro and contra. The third chapter presents concrete approaches, research practices and experiences that help analysing debates and documents as politics. The fourth chapter consists of a number of case studies that demonstrate how researchers can proceed in analysing parliamentary debates, documents, laws, and media articles. This book will be of use to all students and scholars interested in analysing texts and documents, as well as in political rhetoric and parliamentary debates. &n bsp;

Practices of Textual Interpretation and Analysis

Debates, Rhetoric and Political Action

Claudia Wiesner

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