Michael Bernhard – författare

Still the Age of Populism? investigates current conceptions of populism and its relevance across the globe. Using contextualized case studies, cross-national comparisons, and theoretical interventions, this volume addresses key conceptual debates in comparative politics and political sociology.

This essential volume brings together scholars from different traditions in political sociology, political science and cultural studies, and comparativists and area experts working on Latin America, Western and Eastern Europe, and the US. Chapters in the book employ innovative theoretical approaches to study aspects of populism in global comparative perspective whilst regional case studies, including Brazil, Venezuela, Germany, and the US, are utilised to explore populism in geographically specific contexts. In doing so, the volume addresses the key issues for those seeking to understand contemporary populism. What are the advantages and limits of the category of populism to understand contemporary debates on democratization and processes of democratic erosion? Under what structural, institutional, and cultural conditions does populism emerge? Is populism the nemesis of democracy, its shadow, or a path to move beyond “liberal democracy” towards “real democracy”? What lessons does the history of past populist moment hold for our understanding of contemporary populist governance? Under what conditions have populists in office led to political polarization and democratic erosion? What comes after populism, and how do societies deal with its legacies?

Still the Age of Populism? will be of interest to a broad audience of students and scholars of political sociology and comparative politics.

Still the Age of Populism? investigates current conceptions of populism and its relevance across the globe. Using contextualized case studies, cross-national comparisons, and theoretical interventions, this volume addresses key conceptual debates in comparative politics and political sociology.

This essential volume brings together scholars from different traditions in political sociology, political science and cultural studies, and comparativists and area experts working on Latin America, Western and Eastern Europe, and the US. Chapters in the book employ innovative theoretical approaches to study aspects of populism in global comparative perspective whilst regional case studies, including Brazil, Venezuela, Germany, and the US, are utilised to explore populism in geographically specific contexts. In doing so, the volume addresses the key issues for those seeking to understand contemporary populism. What are the advantages and limits of the category of populism to understand contemporary debates on democratization and processes of democratic erosion? Under what structural, institutional, and cultural conditions does populism emerge? Is populism the nemesis of democracy, its shadow, or a path to move beyond “liberal democracy” towards “real democracy”? What lessons does the history of past populist moment hold for our understanding of contemporary populist governance? Under what conditions have populists in office led to political polarization and democratic erosion? What comes after populism, and how do societies deal with its legacies?

Still the Age of Populism? will be of interest to a broad audience of students and scholars of political sociology and comparative politics.

Erwachsene lernen nicht nur in intendiert-pädagogischen Settings, sondern auch durch die Bearbeitung lebensweltlicher Herausforderungen. Aus der Perspektive einer reflexiven Übergangsforschung, die sich für die Herstellung und Gestaltung von Übergängen interessiert, und mit einer Doing Migration Perspektive nimmt diese Studie das Lernen Erwachsener im Umgang mit Migrationsverhältnissen und die damit verbundenen Herausforderungen in den Blick. Als Forschungskontext fungiert die Migrationsgesellschaft Kanadas, die sich durch Ambivalenzen auszeichnet zwischen der Wahrnehmung als Immigration offen gegenüberstehendem Land einerseits und der Realität der oft subtilen Diskriminierung von als Migrant*innen gelesenen Personen andererseits. Der lernende Umgang mit diesen Ambivalenzen steht im Zentrum dieser Studie, die an pragmatistische und transformatorische Zugänge zu Lernen anknüpft und damit auf die Erweiterung des pädagogischen Lerndiskurses abzielt. Die empirischen Rekonstruktionen anhand der dokumentarischen Auswertung biographisch-narrativer Interviews zeigen, dass das Lernen Erwachsener in migrationsbedingten Übergängen als sozial situierte aneignende Auseinandersetzung mit Herausforderungen verstanden werden kann, die sich in einem relationalen Gefüge von Doing Migration vollziehen.