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Este texto analiza as causas principais da crise actual da democracia, froito esencialmente da globalización, así como sobre o seu futuro, achegando unha visión positiva, sendo unha actualización e ampliación doutros textos propios sobre esta temática. ; Este texto analiza las causas principales de la crisis actual de la democracia, fruto esencialmente de la globalización, así como sobre su futuro, aportando una visión positiva, siendo una actualización y ampliación de otros textos propios sobre esta temática. ; This paper analyzes the main causes of the current crisis of democracy, in the context of globalization, as the future of this.

In this chapter we discuss what we have conceptualized as "the paradox of democracy", pointing to the conflict between the idea of the sovereign people on one side, and the idea that democracies need representatives and political leaders, on the other. The chapter gives an overview of democratic arrangements that encourage direct participation, including arrangements that feed into and support and arrangements that challenge the representative system. Furthermore, the chapter provides examples of arrangements that actively and intentionally link together representation and direct participation. Lastly, we discuss how the tension between participatory practices and representative democracy can be solved. In a brief and subsequent chapter, a Norwegian Mayor reflects on the conflict between representation and direct participation.

A review essay on books by (1) Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, Imperiet (Oslo: Spartacus [2000], 2005); (2) Michael Hardt and Anotnio Negri, Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire (New York: Penguin [2004], 2005).