This book decisively advances the academic debate on politicisation beyond the state of the art. It is the first book to theorise and conceptualise 'politicisation' across the epistemic communities of different subdisciplines, bringing together the different strands in the debate: (international) political theory, political sociology, comparative politics, EU studies, legal theory and international relations. This provides a comprehensive discussion of different concepts of politicisation, their ontological and theoretical backgrounds, and their analytical value, including speech-act, practice- and actor-oriented approaches. Furthermore, the linkages of politicisation to the concepts of politics and the political, democracy, depoliticisation, juridification, populism, and Euroscepticism are clarified. Finally, the book shows how the methodological toolbox in empirical politicisation research can be completed regarding different arenas, actors and modes of politicisation. The volume thus provides a much-needed theoretical and conceptual reflection to the newly emerging research field of politicisation in order to recognise and define the key issues and build a solid foundation for further debate and empirical research.

Autorentext
Claudia Wiesner is Professor for Political Science and Jean Monnet Chair at Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Germany, and Adjunct Professor in Political Science at Jyväskylä University, Finland. Her primary research interests lie in the comparative study of democracy, political culture and political sociology in the EU multilevel system.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: What is politicisation? Opening the debate (Claudia Wiesner)

Section I: Conceptualising Politicisation

2. Politicisation, Politics, and Democracy (Claudia Wiesner)

3. Three Concepts of Politicisation: Republican, Deliberative, and Agonistic (Veith Selk)

4. Parliamentarisation as Policisation (Kari Palonen)

Section II: Politicisation, Populism and (post-) democracy

5. Democracy, Post-Democracy and what came after (Meike Schmidt-Gleim)

6. Populism and Anti-Populism in the 2017 Dutch, French, and German Elections: A Re-Politicisation of Post-Politics? (Seongcheol Kim)

7. Voting and Non-Voting in Post-Democratic Times (Dirk Jörke)

Section III: (De-) politicising Europe

8. (De)politicisation: Shifting Dynamics in an Emerging European Political Field and Public Sphere (Niilo Kauppi and Hans-Jörg Trenz) 9. Dissensus, Deadlock and Disintegration? Examining the Effects of EU Politicisation (Lisa Anders)

10. Depoliticisation at the European Level. Delegitimisation and Circumvention of Representative Democracy in Europe's Governance (Cécile Robert)

Section IV: Politicisation from Global to Local

11. Political Authority, Expected Consequences and the Politicisation of International Institutions (Andreas von Staden)

12. In-Between Juridification and Politicisation: Zooming in on the Everyday Politics of Law (Philip Liste)

13. Conclusion. Rethinking Politicisation: what have we learned? (Claudia Wiesner)