" This book investigates news use patterns among five different generations in a time where
digital media create a multi-choice media environment. The book introduces a new model …

This book focuses on the varied support for the populist radical right in the Benelux
countries: Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Despite many common …

The article aims to formulate a theoretical category of neo-militant democracy that applies to
study the nature and dynamics of democratic regimes after the 2008 econom-ic crisis. It …

Although the nature and definition of populism are a source of considerable disagreement,
there seems to be a minimal consensus by now that populism poses a number of threats to …

This chapter presents a methodology for studying why particular post-communist European
neo-militant democracies emerge, while others decline or transform into quasi-militant …

Political parties are important for the functioning and consolidation of democracy–citizens
should defend their rights against parties with agendas that conflict with the principles of …

In their efforts to prevent democratic backsliding, militant democrats have traditionally been
sympathetic to technocratic arrangements. Does this sympathy imply a logical congruence …

Political tolerance—the willingness to extend civil rights to political antagonists—is a key
democratic norm. We argue that because voters with populist attitudes have an ambiguous …

This article provides a normative framework for evaluating the moral permissibility of various
defences of European Union (EU) values against their violation in EU member states. This …

The essential role of parties in democracies makes it important to keep them democratic.
This article argues for sortition-based citizens' assemblies (CAs) organized in and by civil …