Between Theory and Practice : Essays on Criticism and Crises of Democracy / / edited by Eerik Lagerspetz and Oili Pulkkinen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910755071703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, , [2023]; ©2023
• ISBN: 3-031-41397-0
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (300 pages)
• Collana: Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century Series
• Disciplina: 321.8
• Soggetti: Democracy; Information technology - Political aspects; Political sociology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- References -- Part I Trust, Distrust and Democracy -- 2 The Trust in Science Revisited: Social-Epistemic Challenges in Democratic and Digital Societies -- The Comeback of Trust? -- No Knowledge Without Epistemic Trust -- Heuristics for Epistemic Trust -- The Matrix of Epistemic Trust -- The Dissolution of Epistemic Trust -- Digital Viruses of Epistemic Mistrust -- The Digital Battle for Epistemic Trust -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Suspicious Minds: Towards a Typology of Political Distrust -- On the Importance of Analysing Political Distrust -- Political and Social Trust and the Story of the Crisis of Democracy -- Distrust in Political Theory -- Defining Political Distrust -- The Typology of a Suspicious Citizen -- Critical Research Agenda -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Distrust and Democracy -- Modern Democracy -- The Problem of Opposition in Democratic Theory -- Agonistic Theory of Democracy as a Point of Comparison -- Opposition as an Internal Controller -- Hegel and the Dialectics Between the Self and the 'Other' -- Hegel, Democracy, and Distrust -- Conclusion: Distrust as the Basis for Trust -- References -- Part II Authoritarianism and Democracy -- 5 Whose Populism? What Democracy? On the Conceptual and Normative Connections of Populism and Democracy -- Populism and Democracy-Yea or Nay? -- Decision-; making and Politicking -- A Thin Account of Democracy -- Normative Views of Democracy -- Liberal Democracy -- Republican Deliberation -- Democracy as a Way of Life -- Analysis: Populism and Democracy -- Conclusion: What is Politics Anyway? -- References -- 6 Carl Schmitt and the Political Theology of Populism -- The Puzzle of Competitive Authoritarianism -- Charisma and Acclamation -- Democratic Community: From Consent to Identity.; Democratic Political Theology? -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Between Democracy and Authoritarianism: The Illiberal Challenge -- Democracy Under Threat -- Defining Democracy -- Illiberal Democracy or Authoritarianism? -- Authoritarian Strategies -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 The Grey Areas of Democracy: Indifference and the Erosion of Democratic Principles from Within -- Towards the Rule of Man? -- The Rule of Law and Politics of Indifference -- The Grey Areas of Democracy -- Examples of Indifference: United States and Hungary -- The Politicization of the Judicial Nominations in the United States -- Structural Features of Political Polarization in the United States -- Indifference and COVID-19 in Hungary -- Hungary's Road to Soft-Authoritarianism -- Conclusion -- References -- 9 Constitutional Thought, Democracy and Crisis Government -- Why Crisis Government? -- The Roman Dictatorship -- Dictatorship in the Republican Tradition -- Prerogative of the Executive -- Prerogative and the Constitution -- Constant, Schmitt, and the Dangers of Usurpation -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III Democracy-The Will of the People? -- 10 From the Democracy of Opinions to the Democracy of Procedures -- Democracy of What? -- The Minimal Politics of 'The People' -- Opinions in the Electorate and Parliament -- Parliamentary Proceduralism -- The Politics of Debate -- Parliamentarization of Elections -- Conclusion: Proceduralization as De-polarization -- References -- 11 Agenda Problem in Referendum Democracy -- The Problem of Representation -- The Competence Argument -- Problems with the Competence Argument -- Forms of Representation -- The Agenda Problem(s) -- The Problem of Separability -- The Problem in Real Life -- Conclusion -- References -- 12 On the Concept and Practice of Democracy in Late-Modern Mass Conditions: An Oakeshottian Update.; The Vague Concept of Democracy -- Oakeshott and Crick on Democracy and Mass Democracy -- Sheldon S. Wolin on the Lack of Democratic Ethos: Managed Democracy and Inverted Totalitarianism -- On Freedom, Democracy, and Information Technology: The Dark Side -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.