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ISSN: 2183-2463

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Debating Democracy: Concepts, Histories, and Controversies

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Academic Editor(s): Claudia Wiesner (Fulda University of Applied Sciences) and Kari Palonen (University of Jyväskylä)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.i441

Table of Contents

Liberal Democracy From Oxymoron to Celebrated Concept: British and French Discourses of 1968–2001
Hugo Bonin
Article | Open Access | Published: 15 May 2025
The Centrality of Voting in Democracy: The Plebiscitarian Origins of the Idea
Greg Yudin
Article | Open Access | Published: 6 May 2025
Ancient Demagoguery and Contemporary Populism: Conceptual Analogies and Differences in Historical Perspective
Giuseppe Ballacci
Article | Open Access | Published: 6 May 2025
Politicisation and Democracy: The Consequences of Contingency
Claudia Wiesner
Article | Open Access | Published: 10 July 2025
Conceptual Space for Illiberal Democracy
Ruzha Smilova
Article | Open Access | Published: 29 July 2025
The Conspiracist Theory of Power
Mert Can Bayar and Scott Radnitz
Article | Open Access | Published: 29 July 2025
After Post‐Truth: Revisiting the Lippmann–Dewey Debate
Andreas Aagaard Nøhr, Filipe dos Reis and Benjamin Herborth
Article | Open Access | Published: 29 April 2025
Undermining Liberal Democracy? Cross‐Level Opposition in Madrid Regional President's Speeches During the Pandemic Crisis
Taru Haapala and Andreu Teruel
Article | Open Access | Published: 18 June 2025
The European Parliament: On the Politics of Naming
Kari Palonen
Article | Open Access | Published: 10 April 2025
At the Conceptual Crossroads of Politics and Technology: An Exploration Into EU Digital Policy
Anna Björk, Atte Ojanen, Johannes Anttila and Johannes Mikkonen
Article | Open Access | Published: 29 July 2025