Jürgen Mackert is Professor of Sociology and co-director of the ‘Centre for Citizenship, Social Pluralism and Religious Diversity' at Potsdam University, Germany. His research interests include sociology of citizenship, political economy, closure theory, and collective violence. Recent publication: Social life as collective struggle: Closure theory and the problem of solidarity, SOZIALPOLITIK.CH (2021).Hannah Wolf is a Researcher and Lecturer at the Chair for General Sociology at the University of Potsdam, and associate member at the DFG-collaborative research centre "Re-Figuration of Spaces". Her research interests include urban sociology, theories of space and place, and citizenship studies. Latest publication: Am Ende der Globalisierung: Über die Refiguration von Räumen (ed. with Martina Löw, Volkan Sayman and, Jona Schwerer), 2021, transcript.Bryan S. Turner is Research Professor of Sociology at the Australian Catholic University (Sydney), Emeritus Professor at the Graduate Center CUNY, Honorary Max Planck Professor at Potsdam University, Germany, and Research Fellow at the Edward Cadbury Center, University of Birmingham, UK. He holds a Cambridge Litt.D. In 2020 with Rob Stones he published 'Successful Societies: Decision-making and the quality of attentiveness', British Journal of Sociology, 71(1), 183–202.

"Thought-provoking, thorough, meaningful and urgently argued, The Condition of Democracy speaks to the crisis of democracy from a range of perspectives. As such, it appeals to a wide readership across disciplines and will engage scholars and students alike. I can strongly recommend this book."Peo Hansen, Professor of Political Science at REMESO, Linköping University"The current volume, Neoliberal Politics and Sociological Perspectives, is the first of the three volumes of The Condition of Democracy, edited by members of Potsdam University’s formidable Centre for Citizenship, Social Pluralism and Religious Diversity. The Centre has developed a deserved reputation for fostering the highest level of inter-disciplinary exchange, reflection and debate around the most consequential transformations of our time. This volume is no exception. The contributions are characterised by eloquent and penetrating conceptual categories that are put to work in empirical analyses of specialised fields focused around political economy, networks of ‘truth’ and representation, and the social bases of political ideology. The chapters interweave and interlock to powerfully illuminate the forces that are currently impeding and corroding the foundations of democracy."Rob Stones, Professor of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University

• Introduction: Waves of Democracy Part 1: Neoliberalism and the Meltdown of Democratic Life 1. Enchaining Democracy: The Now-Transnational Project of the US Corporate Libertarian Right 2. Ordoliberalism, Authoritarianism, and Democracy 3. Toward a Predistributive Democracy: Diagnosing Oligarchy, Dedemocratization, and the Deceits of Market Justice 4. The Politics of Bailing-Out the Rich: The Role of ‘Systemic Importance’ Within the European Banking Union 5. Democratization or Politicization? The Changing Face of Political-Economic Expertise in European Expert Groups, 1966-2017 Part 2: Sociological Perspectives on Liberal Democracy 6. The Ideology of Anti-Populism and the Administrative State 7. Roman Catholicism and Democracy: Internal Conservatism and External Liberalism? 8. Breaking Bad: The Crisis of Democracy in the Age of Digital Culture

Jürgen Mackert is Professor of Sociology and co-director of the ‘Centre for Citizenship, Social Pluralism and Religious Diversity' at Potsdam University, Germany. His research interests include sociology of citizenship, political economy, closure theory, and collective violence. Recent publication: Social life as collective struggle: Closure theory and the problem of solidarity, SOZIALPOLITIK.CH (2021).Hannah Wolf is a Researcher and Lecturer at the Chair for General Sociology at the University of Potsdam, and associate member at the DFG-collaborative research centre "Re-Figuration of Spaces". Her research interests include urban sociology, theories of space and place, and citizenship studies. Latest publication: Am Ende der Globalisierung: Über die Refiguration von Räumen (ed. with Martina Löw, Volkan Sayman and, Jona Schwerer), 2021, transcript.Bryan S. Turner is Research Professor of Sociology at the Australian Catholic University (Sydney), Emeritus Professor at the Graduate Center CUNY, Honorary Max Planck Professor at Potsdam University, Germany, and Research Fellow at the Edward Cadbury Center, University of Birmingham, UK. He holds a Cambridge Litt.D. In 2020 with Rob Stones he published 'Successful Societies: Decision-making and the quality of attentiveness', British Journal of Sociology, 71(1), 183–202.

"Thought-provoking, thorough, meaningful and urgently argued, The Condition of Democracy speaks to the crisis of democracy from a range of perspectives. As such, it appeals to a wide readership across disciplines and will engage scholars and students alike. I can strongly recommend this book."Peo Hansen, Professor of Political Science at REMESO, Linköping University"The current volume, Neoliberal Politics and Sociological Perspectives, is the first of the three volumes of The Condition of Democracy, edited by members of Potsdam University’s formidable Centre for Citizenship, Social Pluralism and Religious Diversity. The Centre has developed a deserved reputation for fostering the highest level of inter-disciplinary exchange, reflection and debate around the most consequential transformations of our time. This volume is no exception. The contributions are characterised by eloquent and penetrating conceptual categories that are put to work in empirical analyses of specialised fields focused around political economy, networks of ‘truth’ and representation, and the social bases of political ideology. The chapters interweave and interlock to powerfully illuminate the forces that are currently impeding and corroding the foundations of democracy."Rob Stones, Professor of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University

• Introduction: Waves of Democracy Part 1: Neoliberalism and the Meltdown of Democratic Life 1. Enchaining Democracy: The Now-Transnational Project of the US Corporate Libertarian Right 2. Ordoliberalism, Authoritarianism, and Democracy 3. Toward a Predistributive Democracy: Diagnosing Oligarchy, Dedemocratization, and the Deceits of Market Justice 4. The Politics of Bailing-Out the Rich: The Role of ‘Systemic Importance’ Within the European Banking Union 5. Democratization or Politicization? The Changing Face of Political-Economic Expertise in European Expert Groups, 1966-2017 Part 2: Sociological Perspectives on Liberal Democracy 6. The Ideology of Anti-Populism and the Administrative State 7. Roman Catholicism and Democracy: Internal Conservatism and External Liberalism? 8. Breaking Bad: The Crisis of Democracy in the Age of Digital Culture