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Record Nr.

UNINA9910865254203321

Autore

Palumbo Antonino

Titolo

The Deliberative Turn in Democratic Theory : Models, Methods, Misconceptions / / by Antonino Palumbo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024

ISBN

9783031565137

9783031565120

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 pages)

Collana

The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy, , 2947-4477

Disciplina

321.8

Soggetti

Political science

Elections

Legislation

Political Theory

Electoral Politics

Political Science

Legislative Politics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Deliberative Democracy as a Conceptual Landscape -- Chapter 2:Guardian Models of DD: Knowledge, Expertise and the Revival of Epistocracy -- Chapter 3: Epistemic Models of DD: Reasoning and Judging in an Epistemically Correct Way -- Chapter 4: Integrative Models of DD: Representing and Arguing for the Common Good -- Chapter 5: Radical Models of DD: Digitising and Networking for Demarchy -- Chapter 6: Recasting Democracy as a Metagame -- Chapter 7: Bibliographical References.

Sommario/riassunto

The book proposes an analytical map of developments in deliberative democracy (DD) that departs from previous attempts to explain them by using alleged "turns" (epistemic turn, empirical turn, etc.), or "generational shifts". This analytical approach clarifies what is at stake each time new “conceptual innovations” are proposed. The analysis of the various conceptual innovations proposed is then connected to the possible "institutional solutions" devised to boost the legitimacy of



current liberal democratic regimes. The scope of the book is not merely academic, devoted to tracking the progress of a subdisciplinary field in democratic theory, but includes assessment of the public relevance of the academic debates developed in that subfield. The aim of the book is finally that of challenging the methodological tenets employed by deliberative democracy authors working within the four conceptual areas identified, and the vision of democracy they uphold. Developments in DD have been dominated by liberal perspectives subscribing to the minimalist notion of democracy defended by political economists. In challenging this minimalist notion of democracy, the book proposes an alternative way of seeing democracy. Antonino Palumbo (PhD) is a political theorist working on globalization, the transformation of governance, and the implications of changes in state steering for modern representative democracies. .