"Critical Citizens" oder "Critical Decisions" - Eine Erwiderung
In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift: PVS : German political science quarterly, Band 54, Heft 1, S. 173-185
ISSN: 0032-3470
In engaging with Markus Patberg's constructive criticism, this reply develops a third model for the empirical study of legitimacy, which moves beyond the dichotomy of measurement and judgment. Substantially, I thereby juxtapose Patberg's interpretation of the data as the rise of "critical citizens" with the democratic paradox arising from the decreasing dignity of majority decisions ("critical decisions"). Adapted from the source document.