Johanna Lutz on Identity, Partisanship, and the Vulnerabilities of Democracy

This episode of the Democracy in Question podcast by renowned social anthropologist and CEU President and Rector Shalini Randeria explores advances made by the far-right in Austria and in Germany and examines crucial factors raised by Johanna Lutz’s recent report on identity, partisanship and polarization. What are the unexpected convergences and similarities across European countries? And what are the implications of the findings on the contested notion of illiberal democracy?

Listen here to hear about the challenge of mobilizing disaffected voters and what characterizes identity-democracy tradeoffs.