Liberal democracy is under pressure worldwide. It is challenged by anti-liberal movements and parties as well as by authoritarian regimes. Liberalism as a cross-party movement and a broad way of thinking has fallen into the defensive and is often associated with market radicalism, social coldness, and ecological ignorance. The contributors show that liberalism as a school of thought is not dead. In their essays, they present ideas and approaches for new liberal concepts to cope with the great challenges of our time: from climate change, globalization, and the digital revolution to transnational migration and the increasing systemic competition between democracies and authoritarian regimes.
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Rainald Manthe, geb. 1987, ist Soziologe und Autor. Er war Direktor des Programms »Liberale Demokratie« beim Think-Tank »Zentrum Liberale Moderne«. Rainald Manthe hat über transnationale Treffen sozialer Bewegungen – die Weltsozialforen – promoviert und schreibt regelmäßig zu Fragen der Demokratieentwicklung.