Theorising Modus Vivendi

Political realism, modus vivendi and agonistic democracy

“…Again, likewise, to Williams's theory, the criteria of legitimacy based on the acknowledgement of the legitimacy of power is similar to 'make sense' as legitimate. Although this criterion is different from the one proposed by Gray and McCabe, and even though there is a disagreement among these authors regarding the ethical theory of value pluralism (Horton, 2007;Gray, 2007), their normative proposals -human rights and acceptability-are not necessarily contrary to each other (Westphal, 2019b), rather both are part what in fact constitutes the current normativity of contemporary liberal orders. As is argued by Elena Rodríguez, these considerations show that the normativity of a modus vivendi is a "political normativity or a normativity that is not previous to politics" (Rodríguez, 2021, p. 180) such as political realists contend.…”

“…Modus vivendi has been recovered by political realists in a positive way to give an account of political arrangements (Westphal, 2019b). Modus vivendi is a political phenomenon and a normative approach to political order and stability (Wendt, 2019, p. 36): it is a legitimate political settlement at the constitutional and institutional levels that allows people with different values and interests to coexist peacefully into a social order (Dauenhauer, 2000;Gray, 2000;Horton, 2010) which is prone to the emergence of conflicts owing to disagreement of values and interests (Jones, 2017, p. 444).…”

Modus vivendi y democracia agonista: concepciones realistas de estabilidad política y democracia.

“…La estabilidad política refiere al relativo sostenimiento pacífico de un régimen político a través del tiempo por parte de los ciudadanos que lo integran (Mills, 2000). Modus vivendi es el arreglo institucional que permite la estabi-lidad política alcanzada entre distintos grupos en desacuerdo, con distintos intereses y valores, permitiendo la pacífica coexistencia y la cooperación social (Gray, 2000;Rossi, 2019;Westphal, 2019). La democracia agonista es aquella que reconoce los desacuerdos entre distintos grupos políticos y alienta su expresión en aras de su reconocimiento en las instituciones democráticas (Paxton, 2020;Westphal, 2018).…”

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“…lidad política alcanzada entre distintos grupos en desacuerdo, con distintos intereses y valores, permitiendo la pacífica coexistencia y la cooperación social (Gray, 2000;Rossi, 2019;Westphal, 2019). La democracia agonista es aquella que reconoce los desacuerdos entre distintos grupos políticos y alienta su expresión en aras de su reconocimiento en las instituciones democráticas (Paxton, 2020;Westphal, 2018).…”