DFG-Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe "Zukünfte der Nachhaltigkeit"
Beschreibung:
Western societies are currently faced with a constellation of multiple crises whose exact contours and backgrounds we are only beginning to comprehend. In political science debates, the state of Western democracies is often referred to as ‘post-democratic’ (Crouch, 2007). Violent conflicts are intensifying around the globe and increasingly affect our societies directly, e.g. in the form of terrorism. Mass migrations of refugees make the tensions and inequalities within transnational relations more immediately palpable in our everyday lives. The critical effects of these developments are being aggravated by stagnating rates of economic growth in Western countries which go hand in hand with a significant increase in social inequality (cf. Piketty, 2014) and the rise of populist movements.
Western societies are currently faced with a constellation of multiple crises whose exact contours and backgrounds we are only beginning to comprehend. In political science debates, the state of Western democracies is often referred to as ‘post-democratic’ (Crouch, 2007). Violent conflicts are intensifying around the globe and increasingly affect our societies directly, e.g. in the form of terrorism. Mass migrations of refugees make the tensions and inequalities within transnational relations more immediately palpable in our everyday lives. The critical effects of these developments are being aggravated by stagnating rates of economic growth in Western countries which go hand in hand with a significant increase in social inequality (cf. Piketty, 2014) and the rise of populist movements. ...