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Social Ruling and Solidarity in Challenged Democratic Systems book cover

1st Edition

Social Ruling and Solidarity in Challenged Democratic Systems

Edited By Daniel Fridberg, Peretz Segal Copyright 2027
190 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines how democracies worldwide are being challenged by populism, polarization, and the erosion of minority belonging. Democracies around the world are under strain. Elections are contested, courts politicized, minorities scapegoated, and the social bonds that hold diverse societies together are fraying. Why is this happening, and what can be done?   Bringing together scholars... Read more

Introduction: Social Ruling and Solidarity in Challenged Democratic Systems

Daniel Fridberg and Peretz Segal

 

1. Solidarity in Democratic Systems Amid Political Conflict: Bibliometric Analysis 2014-2024

Qurnia Indah Permata Sari

 

2. Navigating the Fault Lines: The Paradoxes of Majoritarian Democracy and Minority Rights in Nigeria’s Multi-Ethnic Polity

Omonye Omoigberale

 

3. Major Structural Issues and Measures to Improve Political Participation of Minorities in India

Vijay Kumar Maidergi and Nanda Kishor M. S.

 

4. Hybrid Majorette and Democratic Models in Central Asia: Navigating Political Instability and Fostering Solidarity in Kyrgyzstan

Shambhavi Thite

 

5. Agonistic Democracy at Work: Managing Minorities in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo

Doga Eralp

 

6. Endorsing and Revising Peace Accords: The Outlet for Ontological Tensions in Peace Endorsement

Ian Niccolo Vizcarra Tobia

 

7. When activists and courts take on Goliath: LGBTQ+ rights and democracy in Costa Rica

Gloriana Rodríguez Álvarez

 

8. Belongingness in Democracy: Muslims, Solidarities and Protests in India

Rishiraj Sen

 

9. Majoritarianism and the Differential Ownership of Democracy in India

John S. Moolakkattu

 

10. (Mis)Trust in Representative Institutions and the Role and Limits of Protest Politics: Three Protest Movements in Contemporary India

Mithilesh Kumar Jha

 

11. Unmasking Cults: Examining the Parallels Between Trumpism and Chinmoyism to Understand Extremism and Offer Peacemakers’ Support

Erika Simpson

 

12. Electoral Democracy as a Path to Polarization or Solidarity?

Joseph Besigye Bazirake

 

Afterword: Toward a Dialogical Democracy

Daniel Fridberg and Peretz Segal

Biography

Daniel Fridberg is the Head of Programme of the Graduate Diploma in Conflict Resolution at Otago Polytechnic and a research affiliate of the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Otago. Daniel is a scholar-practitioner in a wide range of conflict resolution and peacebuilding practices on local, regional and international levels.

 

Peretz Segal is the Former Head of the Legal Counsel & Legislation Department, The Ministry of Justice, Israel (1991-2015). Peretz initiated and led major legislative reforms, chaired numerous public law committees, and represented Israel in international organizations, especially at the Hague Private International Law Conference. He was the founding director of the Israeli National Center for Mediation and Dispute Resolution in Israel and worked with numerous state and international agencies in the field of mediation.

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