Theorizing democratic conflicts beyond agonism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2059991 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vincent August (0000-0001-6491-2621, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, corresponding author), Manon Westphal (0000-0001-5481-2862, University of Münster) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1119-1149 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0304-2421 • E-ISSN: 1573-7853 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11186-024-09565-4 |
| OpenAlex | W4401645534 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 74 |
While democratic societies experience intense conflicts about topics such as migration and climate action, there is no sound theory of democratic conflict. Agonistic theories emphasize the importance of conflict for democracy, but disregard conflict dynamics. Conflict sociology has focused on international or violent conflicts and neglects democratic conflicts. This article shows how this lacuna can be overcome. First, it develops an innovative, empirically informed processual approach to democratic conflicts. To this end, it draws on a broad range of scholarship from sociology and social psychology, and integrates relevant insights into a processual framework for analyzing democratic conflicts that explores mechanisms of escalation, de-escalation, and reconciliation. Second, the article illustrates how this approach can ground a more elaborated democratic theory of conflict that concretizes how and when conflicts are beneficial to democracy, and explores the practices and institutions that democracies employ to cope with different conflict dynamics
Agonism · Democracy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Populism, Right-Wing Movements
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |