Troubling Democracy

Troubling Democracy provides a dedicated space for scholars working on the past, present, and future of democracy. Often heralded as an ideal mode of governance, democracy—as ideology and practice—has long been fraught, full of possibilities and failures, great promises and persistent exclusions. That these tensions exist alongside deep scholarly interest and ever-evolving public conversations about democracy attests to a need to trouble—interrupt, refuse, reimagine, and reclaim—it.

Intentionally broad, interdisciplinary, and global, Troubling Democracy invites manuscripts taking a variety of theoretical, critical, and methodological perspectives. If the promise of democracy often suggests narrow modes of governance, this series, premised on simultaneous skepticism and hope, fosters critical imaginings that break open democracy’s possibilities.

We seek books that:

• Treat matters of discourse, communication, language, and/or symbolic action as they are at work in the world
• Advance conversations around power, governance, resistance, control, and possibility
• Broaden the scope, methods, theories, and global locations through which rhetorical scholars address civic life, democracy, and social change
• Center neglected, marginalized archives and/or scholarly conversations

Questions or submissions?
Archna Patel, Acquisitions Editor
Lisa A. Flores
Christa J. Olson

Editors:
Lisa A. Flores
Christa J. Olson

Advisory Board:
Josue David Cisneros
Cara Finnegan
Debra Hawhee
V. Jo Hsu
Stephanie Kerschbaum
Ersula Ore
Amy Wan
Kirt Wilson