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Deliberation and Anti-Deliberation in the Western Balkans: Prospects for Deliberative Democracy in the Age of Democratic Backsliding

Deliberation and Anti-Deliberation in the Western Balkans: Prospects for Deliberative Democracy in the Age of Democratic Backsliding

Hardcover

Series: New Perspectives on South-East Europe

General Political Science

PREORDER - Expected ship date November 20, 2026

ISBN10: 3032320917
ISBN13: 9783032320919
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Nov 20 2026
Pages: 285
Language: English

This open access book examines deliberative and anti-deliberative practices in post-conflict contexts marked by democratic backsliding. It compares how deliberative ideals are upheld and violated across different deliberative domains, including parliaments, citizens' assemblies, social media and interactions between local and international actors. The authors identify anti-deliberation as the active violation of deliberative norms through exclusion, manipulation and domination, along with weaponisation of difference. The expansion of anti-deliberation restricts the space for good-quality deliberation and accelerates democratic backsliding.

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