New Challenges for a Normative Theory of Parties and Partisanship

Chapman, Emilee Booth

doi:10.1080/00344893.2020.1738539

Representation

2020

DOI: 10.1080/00344893.2020.1738539

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New Challenges for a Normative Theory of Parties and Partisanship

Emilee Booth Chapman

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“…For an empirical investigation into negative aspects carried out by political parties,Chapman (2021) is a valuable source. Her study specifically focuses on marginal partisanship, affective polarization, and identity convergence, which pose challenges to the normative theory of parties.…”

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The Two Faces of Political Parties: How They Can Both Promote and Hinder Rawls’ Public Reason

Pinto

2024

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This article explores the impact of political parties on a Rawlsian model of public reason. Political parties possess the potential to play a vital role in promoting public reason by connecting the background culture and the public political forum, identifying and systematizing the diverse array of opinions within a pluralist society. They can translate comprehensive doctrines into shared public values, advance electoral programs that articulate a reasonable political conception of justice and construct the deliberative arena necessary for public reason. However, it is crucial to recognize that political parties can also undermine public reason. They may prioritize sectarian interests over shared ones, appeal to non-liberal or perfectionist values, perpetuate misinformation, succumb to the influence of monetary donations, or adopt a closed-minded and rigid ideological stance. Achieving the ideal of public reason necessitates political parties striking a delicate balance between advancing their own agendas and respecting a practice of public justification.

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Political Representation in Liquid Democracy

Valsangiacomo

2021

Front. Polit. Sci.

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This article provides an in-depth survey of political representation in Liquid Democracy (LD). More precisely, it refutes two potential criticisms: 1) LD impoverishes the concept of political representation relative to existing representative democracies; 2) LD undermines the centrality of political parties. In answer to (1), the article shows that LD is compatible with a selection model of representation, in which proxies are characterized as gyroscopic representatives, driven by intrinsic motivation and indifferent to sanctions. This claim has far-reaching normative implications for the mandate-independence tradeoff, anti-elitism, and deliberation under LD. With regard to (2), the article examines the function of parties, arguing that, although it puts parties and interest groups on a level playing field, LD does not threaten partisanship, but rather expands the range of potential carriers of partisanship. In addressing these objections, this article demonstrates the democratic credentials of LD, showing that LD is compatible with a high-quality, democratic understanding of representation, which is surrounded by a cluster of thick concepts like commitment, intrinsic motivation, alignment of objectives, sympathy, trust, and dialogue. This turns LD into a powerful instrument for the refurbishment of representation both as a unique mode of political participation and as a practice of self-government.

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New Challenges for a Normative Theory of Parties and Partisanship

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The Two Faces of Political Parties: How They Can Both Promote and Hinder Rawls’ Public Reason

The Two Faces of Political Parties: How They Can Both Promote and Hinder Rawls’ Public Reason

Political Representation in Liquid Democracy

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