Democracy Needs Connection – and a Response What Kim Lane Scheppele’s analysis means for listening, participation and democratic agency.
“Germany needs a CSU for the East” says Kim Lane Scheppele in her interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung. We read this as a call to examine how politics takes root in communities and how people feel recognised: Who is present on the ground? Who takes an interest in people’s experiences? Who credibly represents their concerns?