the diffusion of ideas and customs. During a 2013 visit to Kazakhstan, where he oversaw infrastructure deals and loans worth in excess of $30 billion, President Xi proposed the creation of a new Silk Road Economic Belt that would extend westward into
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Powerlessness and Unfairness
A Letter to Jan Zielonka
Henri Vogt
country's infrastructure is generally in good shape and new digital public services truly make citizens’ lives easier. People's sense of security and interpersonal trust have remained very high; there is less street violence than at any point in time since
In Democratic Theory
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2019
- Article Type:
- Critical Commentary
- Pages:
- 111–121 (11 total)
Juan M. del Nido
nation for white-collar, free-market-oriented professionals embracing “harmonious social and labor relationships” (23). This required spectacular investments in infrastructures of knowledge, banking, and tertiary sector economies. University courses and
Common Democracy
Political Representation beyond Representative Democracy
Alexandros Kioupkiolis
infrastructures for increased civic engagement, and collective imagination may craft new participatory institutions adjusted to contemporary contexts, as the discussion of the Indignados and the Occupy movements will indicate. As I come to argue, civic
In Democratic Theory
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2017
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 35–58 (24 total)
Free from State Violence or Free to Comply?
A Revised Typology of Coercion and Repression in Liberal Democracies
Barbora Capinska
, although the protests resulted in cancellation of the airport project, the hegemony of the dominant discourses on economic progress, infrastructure expansion and, somewhat paradoxically, non-violent conflict resolution was reinforced and the realization of
In Democratic Theory
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2016
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 32–51 (20 total)
Paul Apostolidis, William E. Connolly, Jodi Dean, Jade Schiff, and Romand Coles
struggle to abolish the fossil fuel industry takes place in multiple connected arenas: in pipeline and infrastructure battles, in legislative battles, in efforts to change and convince regulatory agencies, in the news media, in museums, in international
Against Analogy
Why Analogical Arguments in Support of Workplace Democracy Must Necessarily Fail
Roberto Frega
arena of pro tanto arguments that I have criticized above. This argument is based on a confusion between the political community and the administrative infrastructure through which it fulfills its goals. Obviously, a political community needs to
In Democratic Theory
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- 01 Jun 2020
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- Research Article
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- 1–26 (26 total)
Barbara Prainsack
where we see it happen, we need to build institutions and circumstances that can make solidarity stable and lasting. These include strong and well-funded public infrastructures ( Wagenaar & Prainsack 2020 ), solidaristic healthcare, and an equitable
In Democratic Theory
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2020
- Article Type:
- Article Commentary
- Pages:
- 124–133 (10 total)
Democracy in a Global Emergency
Five Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Afsoun Afsahi, Emily Beausoleil, Rikki Dean, Selen A. Ercan, and Jean-Paul Gagnon
financial stability and control over their lives (Dean; Haagh, this issue). Lesson 4: COVID-19 has Demonstrated the Need for Institutional Infrastructure for Prolonged Solidarity COVID-19 has foregrounded the question of how we care for each other
David Owen
Interdependency The second issue that the current corona-crisis makes visible is that of interdependency within and across territorial jurisdictions, and the significance of “human rights infrastructures” within states. Consider, first, examples such as the
In Democratic Theory
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2020
- Article Type:
- Article Commentary
- Pages:
- 152–159 (8 total)