Turning Points : Challenges for Western Democracies in the 21st Century / edited by Holger Janusch [and four others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Janusch, Holger, editor.

Series:

De Gruyter contemporary social sciences ; Volume 37.

De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences Series ; Volume 37

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--History--21st century.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XI, 410 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2024]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Turning Points: Challenges for Western Democracies in the 21st Century centers around the strikingly under-researched concept of turning points and its application in political science, including various theories, fields, and sub-disciplines. The chapters provide theoretical discussion and conceptual clarity by distinguishing a set of turning points at different analytical levels. Based on a wide range of case studies, the authors illustrate where, when and how different types of turning points occur (or not) against the backdrop of current challenges in and for Western democracies. The conceptual and empirical variety of the volume allows scholars and practitioners in policymaking to develop and apply their own frameworks when dealing with turning point dynamics.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

About the Editors

Contents

Introduction: Turning Points, Typology, and Puzzles

I Pushing Back Globalisation? Brexit and Trump

The impact of globalization and Europeanization on the societal foundations of Brexit

Brexit: From ever closer union to differentiated integration?

The American public and Trump's trade war with China

Digitalization, Trumpismo, and the end of the liberal world order?

II Challenging the World Order? China, Russia, and Ukraine

The end of the age of military intervention: Liberal interventionism and global order since the end of the Cold War

Crowding out the West? China's Belt and Road Initiative and the Asian infrastructure investment bank

American renewal or decline? The Biden administration, Europe, and the invasion of Ukraine

III Calling for Social Change? Norms and Practices

A tipping point in feminist foreign policy in Europe? A constructivist analysis based on the norm life cycle model

The turning point that was not: The Arab Spring, realism, and the circularity of Western policies toward the Arab world

Emerging and fading practices in the era of the internet: A reflexive approach to analysing intelligence professionals' changing practices of data collection

IV Changing Frozen Policies? Migration, Health, and Lobbying

The 2015 refugee situation as a turning point? Migration- and integration-related debates in the German Bundestag

COVID-19 as a potential turning point in German health policy

Obstacles on the path to lobbying transparency in Europe: Assessing the German turning point at the end of the Merkel era

V Dealing with Crises? Leadership and Market

Re-regulating the European high-tech capitalism? The EU's digitalization strategy at a turning point after the COVID-19 pandemic

The Social Market Economy and institutional development: Change in times of crisis

VI Reflecting on Uncertainty? Epistemics and Critique

The emergent discourse on global threats and risks: An analysis of the contemporary empirical evidence extant in scientific journals

On the precipice of the unknown: Discussing the paradigm of uncertainty as a political challenge to Western democracies

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 09. Dez 2023)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-11-127290-7