Reconstructing the classics: political theory from Plato to Marx
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In: Chatham House studies in political thinking
In: Politics & policy: a publication of the Policy Studies Organization, Band 35, Heft 4, S. 755-773
ISSN: 1555-5623
Democracy is defined generally as some form of popular rule, but popular rule alone does not legitimize itself or the institutions intended to facilitate it. Democracy can be a normative imperative because of the benefits of democratic citizenship, typically assessed in terms of personal autonomy or freedom. Irrespective of how these benefits are conceived in alternative theories of democracy, there is an enormous gap between ideal and reality in open electoral regimes purporting to be democracies. Granted, only a small minority of the citizens in these societies enjoy theoretically envisioned benefits of democratic citizenship. However, this article suggests it is not only possible, but likely that genuinely open electoral institutions achieve a meaningful element of popular control. Moreover, while popular control in itself does not legitimize these institutions, those who call attention to the gap between ideal and reality cannot dismiss popular sovereignty as a complete myth, nor should they ignore the importance of the myth itself. Adapted from the source document.
In: Politics & policy: a publication of the Policy Studies Organization, Band 35, Heft 4, S. 755-773
ISSN: 1555-5623
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 64, Heft 3, S. 945-947
ISSN: 1468-2508
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 64, Heft 3, S. 945-947
ISSN: 0022-3816
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 64, Heft 3, S. 945-946
ISSN: 0022-3816
In: SUNY Series in Political Theory: Contemporary Issues
Intro -- POLITICAL THEORY AND PARTISAN POLITICS -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: Political Theory and the Constitutional Foundations of Partisan Politics -- 1. Political Theorists on the Legitimacy of Partisan Politics -- 2. Political Theory and Constitutional Construction -- 3. Constitutional Doctrine and Political Theory -- PART II: Theoretical Deliberation and Partisan Politics -- 4. Rationality in Liberal Politics -- 5. Deliberative Democracy and the Limits of Partisan Politics: Between Athens and Philadelphia -- 6. Working in Half-Truth: Some Premodern Reflections on Discourse Ethics in Politics -- PART III: Political Theory as Politics -- 7. Secularism, Partisanship and the Ambiguity of Justice -- 8. Political Theory and the Postmodern Politics of Ambiguity -- 9. Political Theory as Metapractice -- EPILOGUE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X.
In: American political science review, Band 95, Heft 2, S. 467
ISSN: 0003-0554