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“You Are Not a Racist, Right?”—Racism as a Political Activity

Sociology Compass, Volume 20, Issue 2, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Racism is sustained by hierarchical structures that divide people into groups based on perceived phenotypical differences. This review article examines how racism—understood as a political activity—is discursively represented in struggles over meaning through three academic lenses: scientific racism, neo‐racism, and institutional racism. These
Anders Hellström
wiley   +1 more source

Teorizando o agonismo: crítica a um modelo incompleto

Sociedade e Estado, 2010
Em trabalhos recentes, Chantal Mouffe promove dois movimentos teóricos concomitantes. Por um lado, critica as teorias deliberativas, sobretudo os enfoques de Rawls e Habermas. Por outro lado, apresenta o modelo agonístico de democracia.
Daniel de Mendonça
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Reasoning without consensus: grassroots experiments in radical inclusion in Israel/Palestine Raisonner sans consensus : expériences locales d'inclusion radicale en Israël et en Palestine

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 1079-1097, December 2025.
Liberal public reason seeks to provide a neutral platform for political engagement. Yet, its conditions, notably the rules of engagement and the demand for consensus, effectively exclude many populations with non‐liberal subjectivities from public participation.
Erica Weiss
wiley   +1 more source

What can democratic theory teach us about scientific pluralism, objectivity and consensus? [PDF]

, 2011
Scientific pluralism, a normative endorsement of the plurality or multiplicity of knowledge systems in science, has recently been advocated by several philosophers of science (e.g., Kellert et al.
Van Bouwel, Jeroen
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Theorizing ideas and discourse in political science: intersubjectivity, neo-institutionalisms, and the power of ideas [PDF]

, 2017
Oscar Larsson’s (2015) essay condemns discursive institutionalism for the “sin” of subjectivism. In reality, however, discursive institutionalism emphasizes the intersubjective nature of ideas through its theorization of agents’ “background ideational ...
Schmidt, Vivien A.
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Ghosting at the border: the racialization of extraterritoriality at the US Supreme Court Les limbes de la frontière : racialisation de l'extraterritorialité par la Cour suprême des États‐Unis

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 1116-1135, December 2025.
The theoretical association of an inclusive public sphere with liberal democratic governing begs a closer examination. This article pursues forms of disqualification implicit in the idea of political community as a national project, ultimately finding that the exclusion of foreigners does not begin on the far side of the US border, but well within it ...
Carol J. Greenhouse
wiley   +1 more source

Insurgent participation: consensus and contestation in planning the redevelopment of Berlin-Tempelhof airport [PDF]

, 2016
Despite decades of debate, participatory planning continues to be contested. More recently, research has revealed a relationship between participation and neoliberalism, in which participation works as a post-political tool—a means to depoliticize ...
Hilbrandt, Hanna
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The Firebrands Echo: National Fantasy as an Obstacle to Jean‐Luc Mélenchon's Populist Spectacle

Constellations, EarlyView.
Reid A. Kleinberg
wiley   +1 more source

COMMUNICATIVE AND AGONISTIC PLANNING THEORIES IN THE FACE OF POPULIST RHETORIC: Reflections on Minneapolis 2040 Process

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 49, Issue 6, Page 1523-1540, November 2025.
Abstract This article discusses populist rhetoric in the context of participatory urban planning. Populist rhetoric builds on emotionally charged expression and juxtapositions between ‘the people’ and ‘the elite’ including planners. In so doing, it poses a challenge to planners who have learned to follow the ideals of communicative planning ...
Hanna Mattila, Aino Hirvola, Tom Borrup
wiley   +1 more source

A Left Populist Strategy for a Green Democratic Revolution

Journal of Political Sociology
This contribution argues that a left politics should be renewed through a post-foundational and hegemonic approach. It argues that neoliberalism’s post-pandemic, techno-authoritarian turn must be confronted by a counter-hegemonic project linking social ...
Chantal Mouffe
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