We encourage the submission of (comparative) empirical analyses, case studies, and substantive theoretical contributions. Possible topics include (but are not limited to) the following:
- What countermeasures exist against challenges to democracy? How do they differ between countries and under what conditions do they succeed?
- Under which conditions are actors mobilized to defend democracy? To what extent is this shaped by the broader political context? What role do parties and civil society play?
- What are the promises and risks of acts of resistance? Is there a threat of backlash and how is it dealt with?
- Which tactics are deployed to follow which strategies? What rationales are they based on and what (internal or external) discourses accompany them?
- What specific goals are being pursued? Are there concrete policy demands or rather efforts to gain symbolic hegemony?
- What are possible long-term consequences—for those who challenge democracy, for those who oppose this challenge, and for society at large.