From Crisis to Populism and back: Contemporary issues of political sociology

Abstract

Contemporary issues to study from a political sociology perspective are plenty: the rise of populism, the cascade of social, economic, and political crises, and the digital transformation of the public sphere are only a three of the mega trends that concern our discipline. In this panel, we bring together papers that look at these challenges while at the same time speaking to political sociology in general: how are colleagues in academia dealing with politics, what are the socio-cultural foundations of post-truth politics, where are the breeding grounds of populism, and finally: what is the relationship of political sociology and crisis? These are only some of the questions we aim to discuss based on the paper presentations included in this panel.

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Socio-cultural postmodern foundations in the widespread of post-truth and decline of public: Rethinking democracy starting from political sustainable values	View Paper Details
The Making of Populism at the Workplace: Enterprise Organizations as a Site of Political Preference Formation	View Paper Details
The Trump Divide among American Conservative Professors	View Paper Details
The political sociology of crisis – political sociology in times of crisis	View Paper Details