Overview

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.

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Author:   Andrea Millefiorini (University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781032722535

ISBN 10:   1032722533
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   11 May 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

List of Contributors PRESENTATION Andrea Millefiorini PART ONE Democracy between the paradigm of crisis and paradigm of transformation Chapter 1 STUDYING DEMOCRACY FROM A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE Andrea Millefiorini Chapter 2 THE DEMOCRATIC FACT: DEMOCRACY, CRISIS, TRANSFORMATION Gaspare Nevola Chapter 3 EMERGENCY POLITICS AND DE-DEMOCRATIZATION IN THE AGE OF AUTHORITARIAN NEOLIBERALISM Fabio de Nardis Chapter 4 THE FRAGILITY OF 'FACTUAL TRUTHS' AND THE DENIAL OF EXPERIENCE: ARENDTIAN OBSERVATIONS AND REMEDIES TO COUNTER THE REDUCTION OF DEMOCRATIC PLURALISM Erica Antonini PART TWO The identity and social foundations of democratic freedom Chapter 5 IDENTITY AND DEMOCRACY Andrea Millefiorini Chapter 6 CLAIMING THE SOCIAL IN FREEDOM Massimo Pendenza PART THREE Imaginaries of democracy in the 21st century Chapter 7 DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL CULTURE. FROM IDEOLOGIES TO SOCIAL IMAGINARIES Ambrogio Santambrogio Chapter 8 THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE POLITICAL OR THE SHIFTING IMAGINARY OF MODERN DEMOCRACY Paul Blokker CONCLUSIONS Andrea Millefiorini

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Andrea Millefiorini is Associate Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’, where he also teaches general sociology.

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