Democracy And Complexity

Author : Danilo Zolo
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780745669311

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Democracy and Complexity by Danilo Zolo Pdf

This book is a highly original and provocative contribution to democratic theory. Zolo argues that the increasing complexity of modern societies represents a fundamental challenge to the basic assumptions of the Western democratic tradition and calls for a reformulation of some of the key questions of political theory. Zolo maintains that, as modern societies become more complex and more involved in the `information revolution', they are subjected to new and unprecedented forms of evolutionary stress - as manifested, for instance, in the growing autonomy and power of political parties, and in new kinds of political communication which create and sustain the fiction of consensus. These forms of stress have become so serious that they threaten to undermine some of the values traditionally associated with democracy, such as the rationality and autonomy of the individual, and the visibility and accountability of power.

Author : Danilo Zolo
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 074560675X

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Democracy and Complexity by Danilo Zolo Pdf

Author : James Bohman
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0262522780

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Public Deliberation by James Bohman Pdf

An understanding of the ways in which public deliberation can be extended to meet the needs of modern societies even in the face of increasing pluralism, inequality, an social complexity.

Author : Volker Schneider,Burkard Eberlein
Publisher : Springer
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319158501

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Complex Democracy by Volker Schneider,Burkard Eberlein Pdf

This book presents a state-of-the art collection of original contributions on democracy, addressing three related themes: the complexity of modern democracies and their structural diversity; coping strategies of democracies in times of crises; and current and potential trajectories and transformations of democracy. The first part of the book maps the democratic landscape by revealing the diversity of democratic political systems, through either comparative analysis or case studies on the specific nature of political and administrative systems in interest intermediation and identity construction. The second part presents articles that investigate the response of democracies to times of crisis, with an emphasis on political economies and policy processes within the European Union. The third part offers studies on democracies that explore their adaptive potential in the context of globalization and in that of broader technical, institutional or cultural changes.

Author : James Bohman,William Rehg
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0262522411

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Deliberative Democracy by James Bohman,William Rehg Pdf

The contributions in this anthology address tensions that arise between reason and politics in a democracy inspired by the ideal of achieving reasoned agreement among free and equal citizens.

Author : Robert Geyer,Samir Rihani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780415556620

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Complexity and Public Policy by Robert Geyer,Samir Rihani Pdf

This book provides a clear, concise and readable introduction to complexity thinking, its application to the social sciences and public policy, and the relevance of its tools to politics, health, the international realm, development, planning and terrorism.

Author : Gorm Harste
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780231550079

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The Habermas-Luhmann Debate by Gorm Harste Pdf

Fifty years ago, the two leading German philosophers and sociologists since the Second World War, Jürgen Habermas and Niklas Luhmann, embarked on a sweeping and contentious debate that would continue for decades. Their coauthored 1971 book Theory of Society or Social Technology laid out their opposing positions on meaning, communication, consensus, and dissent—and ultimately the foundations of modern social thought. Habermas and Luhmann would elaborate their disagreement in the years to come in a controversy whose aftershocks divided social theorists by presenting what appeared to be two fundamentally divergent views of the nature of society and what systems theory was capable of explaining. This is the first book in English about one of the most important conflicts in social theory today. Gorm Harste analyzes the Habermas-Luhmann debate from its inception through Habermas’s most recent works, exploring issues such as methodology, ideology, truth, history, and politics. He contextualizes their positions in terms of how each grappled with the legacy of Nazism and sought to provide grounding for an antitotalitarian politics. Harste follows the evolution of the debate, as the fundamental dispute over the normative and practical desirability of agreement and disagreement came to touch upon political questions including the rule of law, the separation of powers, human rights, individualization, and secularization. Ultimately, Harste emphasizes the convergence between Habermas and Luhmann—and the pressing need for social theorists to further unite these two formative accounts of contemporary society.

Author : Genevieve Fuji Johnson
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442611245

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Democratic Illusion by Genevieve Fuji Johnson Pdf

The theory of deliberative democracy promotes the creation of systems of governance in which citizens actively exchange ideas, engage in debate, and create laws that are responsive to their interests and aspirations. While deliberative processes are being adopted in an increasing number of cases, decision-making power remains mostly in the hands of traditional elites. In Democratic Illusion, Genevieve Fuji Johnson examines four representative examples: participatory budgeting in the Toronto Community Housing Corporation, Deliberative Polling by Nova Scotia Power Incorporated, a national consultation process by the Canadian Nuclear Waste Management Organization, and public consultations embedded in the development of official languages policies in Nunavut. In each case, measures that appeared to empower the public failed to challenge the status quo approach to either formulating or implementing policy. Illuminating a critical gap between deliberative democratic theory and its applications, this timely and important study shows what needs to be done to ensure deliberative processes offer more than the illusion of democracy.

Author : Carsten Q. Schneider
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008-11-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134033577

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The Consolidation of Democracy by Carsten Q. Schneider Pdf

This innovative book seeks to explain what factors account for the consolidation of young democracies in over thirty countries in Latin America and Europe throughout the last quarter of the twentieth century.

Author : Oonagh E. Fitzgerald,Eva Lein
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781928096641

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Complexity's Embrace by Oonagh E. Fitzgerald,Eva Lein Pdf

An unprecedented political, economic, social, and legal storm was unleashed by the United Kingdom's June 2016 referendum to leave the European Union and the government's response to the vote. After decades of strengthening European integration and independence, Brexit necessitates a deep understanding of its international law implications on both sides of the English Channel in order to chart the stormy seas of negotiating and advancing beyond separation. In Complexity's Embrace, international law practitioners and academics from the United Kingdom, Europe, Canada and the United States look beyond the rhetoric of "Brexit Means Brexit" and "no agreement is better than a bad agreement" to explain the challenges that need to be addressed in the diverse fields of trade, financial services, insolvency, intellectual property, environment, and human rights. The authors in this volume articulate, with unvarnished clarity, the international law implications of Brexit, providing policy makers, commentators, the legal community, and civil society with critical information they need to participate in negotiating their future within or outside Europe. Complexity's Embrace explores the many unprecedented questions about the UK's future trading arrangements. Contributors include Thomas Cottier, Armand de Mestral, Oonagh E. Fitzgerald, David A. Gantz, Markus Gehring, Valerie Hughes, Matthias Lehmann, Eva Lein, Dorothy Livingston, Richard Macrory, Luke McDonagh, Marc Mimler, Howard P. Morris, Gabriel Moss, Helen Mountfield, Federico M. Mucciarelli, Joe Newbigin, Colm O’Cinneide, Damilola S. Olawuyi, Christoph G. Paulus, Maziar Peihani, Freedom-Kai Phillips, Stephen Tromans, Diana Wallis, and Dirk Zetzsche.

Author : Anthony J. Langlois,Karol Edward Soltan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135971199

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Global Democracy and its Difficulties by Anthony J. Langlois,Karol Edward Soltan Pdf

The political project of extending democracy to the global level is seen as the next major challenge for proponents of democracy. This volume considers some of the difficulties which need to be overcome for this extension to take place. The issues discussed include: Philosophical and theoretical questions about the nature of democracy and the justification of its values Pressing political considerations, such as the crucial role of elections in democracy promotion Legal developments, such as the role of international law and judicial networks The nature of the global political space as democratization brings challenges to the ways in which systems have traditionally been organized Global Democracy and its Difficulties will appeal to a range of academics, scholars and students who work across fields such a political theory, international law, comparative politics and political economy. It will be of particular interest to those with an interest in the political, economic, legal and moral aspects of democratization.

Author : Anthony J. Langlois,Karol Edward Soltan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781135971205

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Global Democracy and Its Difficulties by Anthony J. Langlois,Karol Edward Soltan Pdf

Explores the most fundamental challenges to democracy in an era of globalization and addresses universal values, human rights and development, global constitutionalism, institutional complexity and challenges to the Democratic State.

Author : Ilya Somin
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780804789318

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Democracy and Political Ignorance by Ilya Somin Pdf

One of the biggest problems with modern democracy is that most of the public is usually ignorant of politics and government. Often, many people understand that their votes are unlikely to change the outcome of an election and don't see the point in learning much about politics. This may be rational, but it creates a nation of people with little political knowledge and little ability to objectively evaluate what they do know. In Democracy and Political Ignorance, Ilya Somin mines the depths of ignorance in America and reveals the extent to which it is a major problem for democracy. Somin weighs various options for solving this problem, arguing that political ignorance is best mitigated and its effects lessened by decentralizing and limiting government. Somin provocatively argues that people make better decisions when they choose what to purchase in the market or which state or local government to live under, than when they vote at the ballot box, because they have stronger incentives to acquire relevant information and to use it wisely.

Author : Adrian Little
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780748633661

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Democratic Piety by Adrian Little Pdf

This book presents an innovative analysis of the nature of democratic theory, focusing on the prevalence of pious discourses of democracy in contemporary politics. Democracy is now promoted in religious terms to such an extent that it has become sacrosanct in Western political theory. This book argues that such piety relies on unsophisticated political analysis paying scant attention to the complex conditions of contemporary politics. The contention is that it is more useful to think of democracy in terms of the centrality of political disagreement and its propensity to generate political violence. This argument is exemplified by the ways in which democracy and violence have been conceptualised in the war on terrorism.

Author : Delba Winthrop
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226553689

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Aristotle by Delba Winthrop Pdf

Today, democracy is seen as the best or even the only legitimate form of government—hardly in need of defense. Delba Winthrop punctures this complacency and takes up the challenge of justifying democracy through Aristotle’s political science. In Aristotle’s time and in ours, democrats want inclusiveness; they want above all to include everyone a part of a whole. But what makes a whole? This is a question for both politics and philosophy, and Winthrop shows that Aristotle pursues the answer in the Politics. She uncovers in his political science the insights philosophy brings to politics and, especially, the insights politics brings to philosophy. Through her appreciation of this dual purpose and skilled execution of her argument, Winthrop’s discoveries are profound. Central to politics, she maintains, is the quality of assertiveness—the kind of speech that demands to be heard. Aristotle, she shows for the first time, carries assertive speech into philosophy, when human reason claims its due as a contribution to the universe. Political science gets the high role of teacher to ordinary folk in democracy and to the few who want to understand what sustains it. This posthumous publication is more than an honor to Delba Winthrop’s memory. It is a gift to partisans of democracy, advocates of justice, and students of Aristotle.