Turning Points : : Challenges for Western Democracies in the 21st Century / / ed. by Holger Janusch, Witold Mucha, Julia Schwanholz, Alexander Reichwein, Daniel Lorberg.

• HerausgeberIn: Janusch, Holger,; Lorberg, Daniel,; Mucha, Witold,; Reichwein, Alexander,; Schwanholz, Julia,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2023]; 2024
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences , 37
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XI, 410 p.)

Turning Points: Challenges for Western Democracies in the 21st Century centers around the strikingly under-researched concept of turning points and its application in political science, including various theories, fields, and sub-disciplines. The chapters provide theoretical discussion and conceptual clarity by distinguishing a set of turning points at different analytical levels. Based on a wide range of case studies, the authors illustrate where, when and how different types of turning points occur (or not) against the backdrop of current challenges in and for Western democracies. The conceptual and empirical variety of the volume allows scholars and practitioners in policymaking to develop and apply their own frameworks when dealing with turning point dynamics.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- About the Editors -- Contents -- Introduction: Turning Points, Typology, and Puzzles -- I Pushing Back Globalisation? Brexit and Trump -- The impact of globalization and Europeanization on the societal foundations of Brexit -- Brexit: From ever closer union to differentiated integration? -- The American public and Trump's trade war with China -- Digitalization, Trumpismo, and the end of the liberal world order? -- II Challenging the World Order? China, Russia, and Ukraine -- The end of the age of military intervention: Liberal interventionism and global order since the end of the Cold War -- Crowding out the West? China's Belt and Road Initiative and the Asian infrastructure investment bank -- American renewal or decline? The Biden administration, Europe, and the invasion of Ukraine -- III Calling for Social Change? Norms and Practices -- A tipping point in feminist foreign policy in Europe? A constructivist analysis based on the norm life cycle model -- The turning point that was not: The Arab Spring, realism, and the circularity of Western policies toward the Arab world -- Emerging and fading practices in the era of the internet: A reflexive approach to analysing intelligence professionals' changing practices of data collection -- IV Changing Frozen Policies? Migration, Health, and Lobbying -- The 2015 refugee situation as a turning point? Migration- and integration-related debates in the German Bundestag -- COVID-19 as a potential turning point in German health policy -- Obstacles on the path to lobbying transparency in Europe: Assessing the German turning point at the end of the Merkel era -- V Dealing with Crises? Leadership and Market -- Re-regulating the European high-tech capitalism? The EU's digitalization strategy at a turning point after the COVID-19 pandemic -- The Social Market Economy and institutional development: Change in times of crisis -- VI Reflecting on Uncertainty? Epistemics and Critique -- The emergent discourse on global threats and risks: An analysis of the contemporary empirical evidence extant in scientific journals -- On the precipice of the unknown: Discussing the paradigm of uncertainty as a political challenge to Western democracies -- Index