Creative Crises of Democracy

Gijsenbergh, Joris; Hollander, Saskia; Houwen, Tim; Jong, W.P.T. de

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“…Joseph Schumpeter, for example noted in his analysis of business cycles, "We shall not give any technical meaning to the term crisis but only to prosperity and depression" (Schumpeter 1939: 5, cited in Koselleck andRichter 2006: 397). Yet for others the term crisis proved not only to be useful, but also positive, entailing the prospects for transformation towards something better (Gijsenbergh et al 2012).…”

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The Crisis of Democracy: Which Crisis? Which Democracy?

Ercan¹,

Gagnon²

2014

Democratic Theory

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The introductory article to this special issue highlights three fundamental yet often neglected questions related to the current diagnosis of a crisis of democracy: What is meant by the term "crisis"? Which democracy is in crisis? And what, if anything, is "new" about the current crisis of democracy? We answer these questions by considering the multi-vocal contribution of purposefully curated short articles in this special issue. We argue that when engaging with the "crisis of democracy" diagnosis, it is important to unpack not only the normative presumptions one has in relation to what democracy is and should be, but also the recent transformations in the way politics is understood and practiced in contemporary societies.

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Section: Which Crisis?mentioning

confidence: 99%