RT Book
T1 Decisiveness and fear of disorder: political decision-making in times of crisis
T2 Configurations: critical studies of world politics
A1 Rogenhofer, Julius Maximilian
LA English
PP Ann Arbor Michigan
PB University of Michigan Press
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/187080290X
AB Decisiveness and Fear of Disorder examines how democratic representatives make decisions in crisis situations. By analyzing parliamentary asylum debates from Germany's Asylum Compromise in 1992-1993 and the 2015-2016 refugee crisis, Julius Rogenhofer identifies representatives' ability to project decisiveness as a crucial determinant for whether the rights and demands of irregular migrants were adequately considered in democratic decision-making. Both crisis situations showcase an emotive dimension to the parliamentary meaning-making process. As politicians confront fears of social and political disorder, they focus on appearing decisive in the eyes of the public and fellow representatives, even at the expense of human rights considerations and inclusive deliberation processes. Rogenhofer shows how his theoretical approach allows us to reinterpret a range of crisis situations beyond the irregular migration context, including democracies' initial responses to Covid-19, the European Sovereign Debt Crisis, and United States climate politics. These additional case studies help position concerns with decisiveness amid the challenges that populism and technocracy increasingly pose to representative democracies
NO Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-191) and index
CN JN3971.A56
SN 9780472076055
SN 9780472056057
K1 Decision Making : Germany
K1 Political leadership : Germany
K1 Crisis Management : Germany
K1 Citizenship & nationality law
K1 International Relations
K1 Ausländerrecht
K1 Migration, Einwanderung und Auswanderung
K1 POL058000
K1 POL070000
K1 Politik der National- Zentral- oder Bundesregierung
K1 Politik und Staat
K1 Public Administration
K1 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
K1 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration
K1 LAW / Emigration & Immigration
K1 Germany : Politics and government : 1990-