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Rebuilding European Democracy - Resistance and Renewal in an Illiberal Age (Paperback)
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Rebuilding European Democracy - Resistance and Renewal in an Illiberal Age (Paperback)
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In recent years serious concerns emerged over the state of European
democracy. Many democracy indices are reporting a year-on-year
drift towards less liberal politics in the countries of the
European Union. Polls regularly suggest that the voters are coming
to question democratic norms more seriously than for many decades.
Here, Richard Youngs assesses these risks as many analysts,
journalists and politicians stressed the danger of Europe
descending into an era of conflict, driven by xenophobic
nationalism and nativist authoritarians slowly dismantling liberal
democratic rights. In 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has intensified
these fears. There is another side of the democratic equation,
however. Youngs argues that governments, EU institutions, political
parties, citizens and civil society organisations have gradually
begun to push back in defence of democracy. With each chapter,
Youngs shows how many governmental, political and social actors
have developed responses to Europe's democratic malaise at multiple
levels. Europe's democracy problems have been grave and
far-reaching. Yet, a spirit of democratic resistance has slowly
taken shape. This book argues that the pro-democratic fightback may
be belated, but it is real and has assumed significant traction
with various types of democratic reform underway, including citizen
initiatives, political-party changes, digital activism and EU-level
responses.
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