Countering disengagement and polarisation

Countering disengagement and polarisation: lessons from translocal constitutional deliberation

Speaker: Professor Emerita Jennifer Todd, University College Dublin

Chair: Professor Louise Mallinder, Queen’s University Belfast

A major problem in contemporary democracies lies in the confluence of widespread popular disengagement from politics and extreme polarisation over some political topics. Both phenomena have long coexisted in conflict zones. There is increasing discussion of processes that can counter these trends, in particular 'everyday peacemaking', transversal participation, and deliberation.