The book provides a comprehensive and updated introduction to concept of territory in the study of democratic politics. Territory plays a rather marginal role in the traditional conceptions of democracy that in many ways still prevail today. Democratic politics is often analysed from the point of view of its institutions, citizens and voters, while little is said about the territory through which it is expressed at most it provides a broader perimeter or context of political and institutional action. The book offers, instead, an introductory theoretically-oriented discussion of crucial issues such as the genesis of state-nation, the transformation of democratic citizenship, the current borders' policies, the rising of territorial populism and the experience of 19-covid pandemic. This is an open access book.

This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access Offers a timely, up-dated and critical introduction on the link between territory and democratic politics Develops a framework for the analysis of territorial dimensions of democracy Embraces both traditional topics and emerging issues

Autorentext

Oscar Mazzoleni is the director of the Research Observatory for Regional politics at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Why and how territory.- Chapter 2: Strength and limits of unterritorial approaches.- Chapter 3: Towards a territory-oriented approach.- Chapter 4: Beyond the territorial state?.- Chapter 5: Changing democratic citizenship.- Chapter 6: Territorial voting.- Chapter 7: Territorial populism.- Chapter 8: A global territorial crisis.- Chapter 9: Thinking democratic politics with territory.