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climate denial
conspiracy theories
conspiracy theory analysis
COVID denial
crisis
crisis in western societies
de-politicisation
de-politicisation processes
de-politicization
democracy
democratic crisis
democratic pluralism
denialism
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mechanisms
political imagination
political sociology
political theory
populism
populist movements
social identity theory
social theory
transformation
Western democracies
Western societies
Product details
- ISBN 9781032664590
- Weight: 470g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Apr 2025
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book enquires into the state of health of contemporary democracies, offering a sociological reading of democracy to identify the causes of the current transformation of democracy from a social and cultural perspective. With attention to the social dynamics present in modern Western societies, it analyses phenomena such as populism, new conspiracy theories and denialism, and processes including de-politicisation and de-democratisation. Identifying the centrality of questions concerning social identity and the political imaginary to our understanding of such phenomena, Democracies on the Move explores the mechanisms that link the transformations of today’s societies to the current phase of crisis in Western democracies. It will therefore appeal to scholars of social and political theory and political sociology.
Andrea Millefiorini is Associate Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’, where he also teaches general sociology.
