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Titolo: |
Between Theory and Practice : Essays on Criticism and Crises of Democracy / / edited by Eerik Lagerspetz and Oili Pulkkinen
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Pubblicazione: | Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, , [2023] |
©2023 | |
Edizione: | First edition. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (300 pages) |
Disciplina: | 321.8 |
Soggetto topico: | Democracy |
Information technology - Political aspects | |
Political sociology | |
Persona (resp. second.): | LagerspetzEerik |
PulkkinenOili | |
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. | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Between Theory and Practice ![]() |
ISBN: | 3-031-41397-0 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910755071703321 |
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