Jean-Paul Gagnon
@jeanpaulgagnon.bsky.social
A philosopher of the democracies based at the University of Canberra.
New article share, open access, link below 💛
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#democracy #politicaltheory #democraticinnovation
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#democracy #politicaltheory #democraticinnovation
November 3, 2025 at 5:22 AM
New article share, open access, link below 💛
www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
#democracy #politicaltheory #democraticinnovation
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#democracy #politicaltheory #democraticinnovation
We can cultivate democratic practices that are more inclusive, adaptive, and responsive to local realities across continents, cultures, languages, and species. We can even make our lives less authoritarian. #democracy
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-sci...
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October 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
We can cultivate democratic practices that are more inclusive, adaptive, and responsive to local realities across continents, cultures, languages, and species. We can even make our lives less authoritarian. #democracy
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-sci...
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-sci...
To renew democracy, study it holistically.
Draw on five sources: individual people, groups, non-textual media, texts, and non-humans.
Do this across cultures, languages, and species to uncover unfamiliar practices beyond Western views.
#DemocraticRenewal
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-scien…
Draw on five sources: individual people, groups, non-textual media, texts, and non-humans.
Do this across cultures, languages, and species to uncover unfamiliar practices beyond Western views.
#DemocraticRenewal
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-scien…
October 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
To renew democracy, study it holistically.
Draw on five sources: individual people, groups, non-textual media, texts, and non-humans.
Do this across cultures, languages, and species to uncover unfamiliar practices beyond Western views.
#DemocraticRenewal
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-scien…
Draw on five sources: individual people, groups, non-textual media, texts, and non-humans.
Do this across cultures, languages, and species to uncover unfamiliar practices beyond Western views.
#DemocraticRenewal
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-scien…
Our readers are talking about the 'Fourth Theorist' of democracy.
This person is yet to exist.
They will be the first to theorize from thousands of practices and millions of texts/other on democracy.
Is this a type of theorist we want/need?
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This person is yet to exist.
They will be the first to theorize from thousands of practices and millions of texts/other on democracy.
Is this a type of theorist we want/need?
🦄 Read open access:
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-scien…
August 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Our readers are talking about the 'Fourth Theorist' of democracy.
This person is yet to exist.
They will be the first to theorize from thousands of practices and millions of texts/other on democracy.
Is this a type of theorist we want/need?
🦄 Read open access:
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-scien…
This person is yet to exist.
They will be the first to theorize from thousands of practices and millions of texts/other on democracy.
Is this a type of theorist we want/need?
🦄 Read open access:
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-scien…
New book share. UCL Press published our Sciences of the Democracies last week in open access PDF.
Link: uclpress.co.uk/book/the-sci...
A core implication of the book is that it seeks to revive basic descriptive research to lay the groundwork for stronger and more inclusive theories of democracy.
Link: uclpress.co.uk/book/the-sci...
A core implication of the book is that it seeks to revive basic descriptive research to lay the groundwork for stronger and more inclusive theories of democracy.
August 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
New book share. UCL Press published our Sciences of the Democracies last week in open access PDF.
Link: uclpress.co.uk/book/the-sci...
A core implication of the book is that it seeks to revive basic descriptive research to lay the groundwork for stronger and more inclusive theories of democracy.
Link: uclpress.co.uk/book/the-sci...
A core implication of the book is that it seeks to revive basic descriptive research to lay the groundwork for stronger and more inclusive theories of democracy.