Political Parties and Deliberative Democracy?

Johnson, James

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“…In a deliberative form of politics citizens and their representatives are expected to justify and convince others about the laws they would prefer, giving reasons to explain their position and responding to the arguments of others in return. Our work supports this deliberative turn in the literature (Goodin, ), particularly when deliberation is viewed as a mechanism to provide “second‐order agreement” on constitutional rules (Johnson, , p. 50) and when theorists affirm the need, ultimately, for majoritarian decision rules. For instance, Habermas's conception of deliberative politics makes it clear that “[p]olitical deliberations … must be concluded by majority decision in view of the pressures to decide” (Habermas, , p. 306).…”

Section: Normative Implications: Dualism In Practicesupporting

confidence: 79%

The foundations of democratic dualism: Why constitutional politics and ordinary politics are different

Partlett¹,

Nwokora

2019

Constellations

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Section: Normative Implications: Dualism In Practicesupporting

confidence: 79%

The foundations of democratic dualism: Why constitutional politics and ordinary politics are different

Partlett¹,

Nwokora

2019

Constellations

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“…Although it was not the topic of this dissertation, several interviews did suggest that political parties are often wary about deliberative democracy and governance and are tended to deem their integration as rather unrealistic, for instance by referring to 'far more important' effects such as the relationship between politics and the media and electoral concerns. In fact, the relationship between deliberative democracy and political parties is a largely neglected research topic (Johnson, 2006). Given the relationship between democratic discourses and their enactment in politics, both scholarly and political scrutiny towards deliberative democratic theory might be crucial.…”

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Exploring discursive representation: Flemish agriculture as a case

Crivits¹

2018

Bestuurskunde

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What the above illustrates is the need for some form of systematic understanding of ideas, since three seemingly similar concepts in fact conceal entirely different ideational backgrounds and identical concepts are adopted and employed strategically by groups that share radical differing worlds of meaning. Indeed, without such a systematic understanding it would seem to be unclear why and in what proportion agriculture should be productivist, multifunctional, 'objects' of representation such as territorial constituencies (e.g. 'I represent the interests of the Flemish citizens ') or social groups ('I represent the retailers'), discourses become the basis for representation ('I represent the multifunctionality discourse'). The framework of discursive representation and its underlying concepts and assumptions will serve as a guideline for our study of ongoing political processes in the Flemish agro-food system. Chapter 2 will be entirely devoted to the elaboration of the basic assumptions of discursive representation, its relation with deliberative democracy, and the way in which Chapter 1 6 1.2. DISCOURSES, INSTITUTIONS & POLITICS Recently, scholars began to take seriously the role of discourses in institutional change. In political theory, discourse was often considered to have secondary value to explain what happens within institutions. For instance, in rational choice theory, ideas are reduced to 'cheap talk' (Austen-Smith, 1992) used by actors to persuade others, having the main goal to influence an individual's preference on a particular policy issue (or voting option). It's 'cheap' because 'everyone can talk', which also makes it relatively low in importance. Ideas are one of the many strategic devices, instruments for the maximization of material interests, which ultimately guide political behavior and institutions (Schmidt, 2010). Furthermore, political institutions were often portrayed as rather fixed entities in which either rational calculation of material interests and aggregation of preferences (=rational choice institutionalism), regularized patterns and pathdependent trajectories (=historical institutionalism) as well as the appropriation of cultural norms (=sociological institutionalism) serve to understand how 'stability' within institutions is reproduced (Schmidt, 2010). Institutional change is often depicted as the result of an external influence, such as e.g. the emergence of an economic or ecological crisis leading to political instability, in turn necessitating the re-configuration of a governmental structure (Schmidt, 2010; Hajer, 2009). This PhD is anchored within an emerging research tradition that aims to address the dynamic relationship between discourses and institutional arrangements. How does the articulation of discourses lead to institutional continuity and change? If political actors advocate a new form of democratic participation to become part of the political system, for instance, a city council introducing participatory budgeting or a politician evoking the need to have a proce...

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“…15 Partisanship also contributes a clearer understanding of the terms of political justification. To the extent that partisans coordinate around a relatively well-defined profile, this acts as a signpost to the kind of criticisms they are vulnerable to and those they are well placed to levy at others (Johnson 2006). Such acts of political signposting are what defines the contribution of partisanship to the visibility of political justification.…”

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On Partisan Political Justification

White

Ypi

2011

Am Polit Sci Rev

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Political justification figures prominently in contemporary political theory, notably in models of deliberative democracy. This article articulates and defends the essential role of partisanship in this process. Four dimensions of justification are examined in detail: the constituency to which political justifications are offered, the circumstances in which they are developed, the ways in which they are made inclusive, and the ways in which they are made persuasive. In each case, the role of partisanship is probed and affirmed. Partisanship, we conclude, is indispensable to the kind of political justification needed to make the exercise of collective authority responsive to normative concerns.

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Political Parties and Deliberative Democracy?

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The foundations of democratic dualism: Why constitutional politics and ordinary politics are different

The foundations of democratic dualism: Why constitutional politics and ordinary politics are different

Exploring discursive representation: Flemish agriculture as a case

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