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/522/ At the Bottom of the Tar Pit ft. Benjamin Studebaker
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On legitimacy and chronic crisis.
Benjamin Studebaker talks to Alex and Lee about his book, Legitimacy in Liberal Democracy – and why the absence of the threat of revolution makes the crisis drag on.
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What's wrong with 20th century accounts of legitimacy crises? What's changed?
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Why is contemporary politics so stuck? Is it inescapable?
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How does the breakdown of consensus make the emergence of a social majority so difficult?
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Is there no common programme we can agree on, focused on bread-and-butter issues?
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Do we need to stare despair in the face? Is catastrophe the only way out?
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Links:
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Legitimacy in Liberal Democracy, Benjamin Studebaker, Edinburgh UP
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Debilitated democracy: When the legs get ripped off, Dirk Jörke and Benjamin Studebaker, European Journal of Social Theory