{"product_id":"9781666944549","title":"Discursive Regimes of Democratic Decline Religio-Ethnonationalism and the Production of Authoritarian Power","description":"\u003ch3\u003eConflict, Culture, Communication\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eDiscursive Regimes of Democratic Decline\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eReligio-Ethnonationalism and the Production of Authoritarian Power\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLara Martin Lengel | Victoria A. Newsom | Desiree A. Montenegro\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Communication Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn international group of scholars examines how religio-ethnonationalist power is communicatively produced, normalized, and resisted via discourse.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edited volume moves beyond conceptions of democratic decline as a purely institutional or electoral phenomenon to advance our understanding of how religion, nationalism, and media power intersect in struggles over democracy. Foregrounding the communicative processes through which affective narratives of exclusion, tradition, and morality are mobilized to legitimate authoritarian power, contributors demonstrate how discourse is simultaneously leveraged as both a mechanism of domination and a site of contestation as it shapes memory, identity, citizenship, and political belonging. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEngaging interdisciplinary conversations across global contexts including North Macedonia, Malaysia, Nigeria, and the United States, contributors highlight not only how discursive tactics of amnesia, amnesty, and cleansing are utilized to sustain religio-ethnonationalist hierarchies but also how discursive resistance can be embraced to reveal the uneven conditions from which resistance emerges. By centering communication as a site of democratic struggle, this volume offers a conceptual framework for identifying how democratic backsliding is (re)produced and challenged, ultimately emphasizing the ethical and political stakes of memory, identity, and power in shaping the future of democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLara Martin Lengel \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor in the School of Media and Communication and affiliate faculty in International Studies at Bowling Green State University, USA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictoria A. Newsom \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Communication Studies and affiliate faculty in Diversity and Social Justice at Olympic College, USA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesiree A. Montenegro \u003c\/b\u003eis a faculty member at Palo Verde College, and affiliate faculty with the California Department of Corrections and several universities and colleges in greater Los Angeles, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12 November 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781666944549\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e336\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331933274252,"sku":"9781666944549","price":117.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_762f7868-9976-422c-b1e5-d0ac3016fbad.jpg?v=1783600429","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781666944549","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}