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Virtually all approaches to democratic theory address all three of the meaning of democracy, the value of democracy, and actual democratic practices, but they differ depending on which of these is the lead consideration. Aristotle generalizes a view about the meaning of democracy from his surveys of democratic practices, which also motivate his evaluations of its various forms.
Feb 22, 2018 · Democratic theory is an established subfield of political theory that is primarily concerned with examining the definition and meaning of the concept of democracy, as well as the moral foundations, obligations, challenges, and overall desirability of democratic governance. Generally speaking, a commitment to democracy as an object of study and ...
Jan 21, 2021 · Abstract. This chapter offers a critique of the current state of play in the study of democracy. It aims to pinpoint both strengths and limitations of current theories and approaches. A broad range of approaches is covered: the discourse of ‘models of democracy’; the conception of ‘liberal democracy’ that prevails in the comparative ...
- What Is Democracy?
- Democracies and Republics
- Democratization: Conditions and Causes
- Why Should We Choose Democracy?
- It’S A Wonderful (Democratic?) Life
- Conclusion
Let’s consider three core elements of what constitutes a democracy—individual sovereignty, equality amongst citizens, and democratic norms and values. Democracy is essentially the idea that political sovereignty resides at the level of the individual. In this sense, a political community derives its supreme power and authority from the consent of t...
It is often said that the United States of America is not a democracy but a constitutional republic. What exactly is the difference between a republic and a democracy? A republic is a form of government in which the country itself is a public concern, not a private entity owned by a particular ruling group, such as a monarchy. Public ownership over...
Democratization is the transition from a non-democratic or more authoritarian form of government to a more democratic one, and is a key concept in the study of political science. These questions are not just academic—they are crucial political questions central to many events in global affairs, such as the Cold War, the breakup of Yugoslavia in the...
Let’s explore three justifications as to why democracy is a worthy political goal—aggregative, deliberative, and radical. First, we may choose democracy because it is an effective system for aggregating political preferences. In short, democracy allows us to vote and state our preferences in such a way that we can tally up choices—a numerical aggre...
George Bailey is trapped in the small town of Bedford Falls, unsatisfied with his seemingly dead end existence in the classic Hollywood film It’s a Wonderful Life (1946, dir. Frank Capra). Driving out to a bridge on Christmas Eve with the intent of taking his own life, George is instead met by his own guardian angel, who proceeds to show George wha...
In this chapter we defined democracy as sovereignty residing at the level of individual citizens who are equal to one another and who live in a society that affirms the norms and values of individual sovereignty and citizen equality. We made some distinction between democracies and republics, while identifying some important connections between the...
- Jay Steinmetz
- 2019
Jul 27, 2006 · This brief outline of normative democratic theory focuses attention on seven related issues. First, it proposes a definition of democracy. Second, it outlines different approaches to the question of why democracy is morally valuable at all.
Jun 3, 2022 · Simone Chambers (2022 in press), for example, outlines five approaches to producing normative democratic theory which each result in a different type of theory: theories of the ideal, critical reflective theory, constructive reflective theory, critical applied theory and constructive applied theory. Chambers discusses which questions each set of theory engages with and reflects on how theory ...
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Jul 27, 2006 · This brief outline of normative democratic theory focuses attention on four distinct issues in recent work. First, it outlines some different approaches to the question of why democracy is morally desirable at all. Second, it explores the question of what it is reasonable to expect from citizens in large democratic societies.
