Peter A. Kraus
This new phase in the Science of Democracy series sets a brisk and insightful agenda for overcoming the gridlock in democracy studies. While he embraces its key points, Peter A. Kraus argues that the ultimate and inescapable challenge in developing a democratic epistemics is the politics involved Read more
Ryusaku Yamada
Institutional theories rooted in the works of Joseph Schumpeter and Robert Dahl still dominate the study of democracy. But, argues Ryusaku Yamada, this Science of Democracy 2.0 discussion reveals the emergence of another current: scholars who engage democracy from critical perspectives and who seek to move beyond such frameworks Read more
Mouli Banerjee
We need to break democracy out of the disciplinary boundaries of political studies. A fresh, multidisciplinary approach to reimagining democracy, argues Mouli Banerjee, could be the antidote to the global democratic anxiety we are facing Read more
Serena Fraiese
Penelope, wife of Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey, who spent twenty years weaving and unweaving a shroud to delay remarriage and preserve her household, has come to symbolise fidelity, cunning, and endurance. Serena Fraiese argues that her story reveals characteristics that have become central to diplomacy in an age of uncertainty Read more
Ioannis Rigkos-Zitthen
In a time of anthropogenic existential crises, writes Ioannis Rigkos-Zitthen, this new stage in the Science of Democracy conversation highlights how plural thinking can help rejuvenate democracy Read more
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