"This collectively-authored book is a manifesto for advancing the democratic project by studying the myriad ways in which people across time and space already know democracy-relevant practices and institutions. A timely and ambitious project aimed at forming and consolidating a new generation of democracy scholars."

Mark E. Warren, University of British Columbia

"The Sciences of the Democracies is a wonderful exploration of how we study democracy. Presented as an intervention and innovation in research design, the authors deliver a deep, timely, and inspiring reflection on democracy’s past, present, and future."

Simone Chambers, University of California, Irvine

"The Sciences of the Democracies introduces a genuinely original collaborative project of democratic learning and action. While breaking free from familiar academic constraints in its form and content, it is a record of ongoing research into the pluralism of democratic experiences, institutions and ideas, as well as of the different ways to study and build on them. It should be of interest to anyone who has ever wondered what democracy is, has been and might be."

Annabelle Lever, Sciences-Po

"This is a wonderfully ambitious book, whose great merit lies in its bold choice to view democracy as a phenomenon of continuous variation—a sine qua non not only for biological adaption in the face of challenge, but also for the democratic revitalization so urgently needed in today’s world."

Frank Hendriks, Tilburg University