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Over 10,000 accesses from 125 countries in 10 months. Adds to the testament that Open Access books in democratic theory are valued by readers across the globe.

OA interview with democratic innovations legend Brigitte Geissel argues the role of democratic theorists is crucial as theorists of democracy should more actively engage with people, partner with other disciplines, and strategically influence political actors. www.aup-online.com/content/jour...

Where do our conceptions of democracy come from? Are they fit for all places? doi.org/10.1007/s406... #democracy #ecologicalpolitics #moth #morethanhuman

The signs of democracy dataset (English) is reaching 4k entries. Would love to know if anyone is tracking this conceptual diversity in other languages. doi: 10.17632/pthgd7rx92.1

A quote from section five, "bringing our democracies back to earth" link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New paper share, am told this is giving "human geography vibes" link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The Special Issue builds on a 2024 Workshop at the Cluster of Religion and Politics @uni-muenster.de We thank the Democratic Theory editors Emily Beausoleil @emilybeausoleil.bsky.social and Jean-Paul Gagnon @jeanpaulgagnon.bsky.social for their guidance and support!

New in Democratic Theory: Tobias Müller asks what kind of state democracy actually inhabits when it comes to religion. He identifies three conflicting state projects and argues they sanitise local democratic politics while fracturing the demos itself. Top work. doi.org/10.1017/S233...

New in Democratic Theory Cristina Lafont (Northwestern) asks: what if framing democracy around the religion/secular divide is a problem? Her answer: The state shouldn't single religion out for exclusion or for unique privilege. 🔓 Open access → doi.org/10.1017/S2332889426000199

New in Democratic Theory Schirin Amir-Moazami (Freie U Berlin) examines Germany's "Islamism prevention" programs and finds that democracy promotion tied to prevention of Islamism depoliticizes democracy. 🔓 Open access → doi.org/10.1017/S2332889426000229

New in FirstView: Waisanen & Becker push back on conflict profiteers. Americans are far less polarised than media often suggests. Before we "bridge" divides, we need to first *reveal* the common ground that already exists. OA: tinyurl.com/6sfrecfp #DemocraticTheory #Polarization #Democracy

New in FirstView: Celestino flips the script on Mexico's democratic decline. Morena's illiberal turn isn't the *cause* of the crisis. It's the *consequence* of a democratization that was always more procedural than substantive. tinyurl.com/kh87ms8x

New article share, open access, link below 💛 www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal... #democracy #politicaltheory #democraticinnovation

We can cultivate democratic practices that are more inclusive, adaptive, and responsive to local realities across continents, cultures, languages, and species. We can even make our lives less authoritarian. #democracy uclpress.co.uk/book/the-sci...

Das Buch „The Sciences of the Democracies” (@uclpress.bsky.social) mit Benjamin Abrams, Jean-Paul Gagnon (@jeanpaulgagnon.bsky.social) & Petra Guasti (@petraguasti.bsky.social) gibt es als #openaccess zum Download:

To renew democracy, study it holistically. Draw on five sources: individual people, groups, non-textual media, texts, and non-humans. Do this across cultures, languages, and species to uncover unfamiliar practices beyond Western views. #DemocraticRenewal uclpress.co.uk/book/the-scien…

A lovely interview by our co-author Tom Theuns on our recent book, The Sciences of the Democracies. His emphasis on the languages shows how very, very, much work we have ahead of us. #FundingPlease! 😁

Our readers are talking about the 'Fourth Theorist' of democracy. This person is yet to exist. They will be the first to theorize from thousands of practices and millions of texts/other on democracy. Is this a type of theorist we want/need? 🦄 Read open access: uclpress.co.uk/book/the-scien…

New book share. UCL Press published our Sciences of the Democracies last week in open access PDF. Link: uclpress.co.uk/book/the-sci... A core implication of the book is that it seeks to revive basic descriptive research to lay the groundwork for stronger and more inclusive theories of democracy.