LEADER 05820nam 2200505 450 001 9910755071703321 005 20231114005025.0 010 $a3-031-41397-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30847537 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30847537 035 $a(EXLCZ)9928645352700041 100 $a20231114d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aBetween Theory and Practice $eEssays on Criticism and Crises of Democracy /$fedited by Eerik Lagerspetz and Oili Pulkkinen 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cMacmillan Palgrave,$d[2023] 210 4$d©2023 215 $a1 online resource (300 pages) 225 1 $aChallenges to Democracy in the 21st Century Series 311 08$aPrint version: Lagerspetz, Eerik Between Theory and Practice: Essays on Criticism and Crises of Democracy Cham : Palgrave Macmillan,c2023 9783031413964 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 327 $aDemocratic 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. 327 $aThe Vague Concept of Democracy -- Oakeshott and Crick on Democracy and Mass Democracy -- Sheldon S. Wolin on the Lack of Democratic Ethos: Managed Democracy and Inverted Totalitarianism -- On Freedom, Democracy, and Information Technology: The Dark Side -- Conclusion -- References -- Index. 410 0$aChallenges to democracy in the 21st century series. 606 $aDemocracy 606 $aInformation technology$xPolitical aspects 606 $aPolitical sociology 615 0$aDemocracy. 615 0$aInformation technology$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aPolitical sociology. 676 $a321.8 702 $aLagerspetz$b Eerik 702 $aPulkkinen$b Oili 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910755071703321 996 $aBetween Theory and Practice$93601936 997 $aUNINA