Frank Adloff in a Feature on SWR2: "Civil society and democracy"

1 April 2020

If, in the face of socio-ecological crises, politics continues to be tied down by constraints, the work of democratic civil society seems more important than ever. But is it under particularly strong attack today?

Frank Adloff, along with other academics, talks about how civil society is currently under attack from various sides.

The Feature "Zivilgesellschaft und Demokratie" (in German) on SWR2.

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