A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal
Powerlessness and Unfairness. A Letter to Jan Zielonka
Authors: Henri Vogt
Publisher: Berghahn Books Ltd.
Publication year: 2019
Journal: Democratic Theory
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
First page : 111
Last page: 121
eISSN: 2332-8908
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3167/dt.2019.060107
Web address : https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/democratic-theory/6/1/dt060107.xml
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/40532334
Jan Zielonka’s Counter-Revolution: Liberal Europe in Retreat (Oxford University Press, 2018) is a furious, worried pamphlet on the challenges that European democracies are currently facing, on the apparent rise
of illiberalism. This article critically reviews the book and seeks to offer a somewhat different and perhaps more optimistic picture of the current predicaments of European politics. The main point of reference in this respect is Finland, a country whose political institutions have managed, by and large, to uphold a sense of coherence in society. A commitment to participatory, equality-based, and freedom-generating institutions can indeed be seen as a primary means to counter the decline of liberalism.
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