Antonio Floridia

From Participation to Deliberation: A Critical Genealogy of Deliberative Democracy

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Produktbeschreibung

Starting from the 1980s, this book provides the first, complete history of the idea of deliberative democracy, analysing its relationship with the earlier idea, and practices, of participatory democracy in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: ECPR Press
• Seitenzahl: 414
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 154mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 626g
• ISBN-13: 9781786616449
• ISBN-10: 1786616440
• Artikelnr.: 59366237

Autorenporträt

Antonio Floridia graduated in Philosophy in Florence and has worked for a long time in an institute of economic and social research, dealing with public policy analysis, political sociology and electoral studies. Since 2005 he¿s directed the Sector `Policies for Citizen Participation¿ and the Electoral Observatory of Tuscany. He has had teaching assignments at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Florence; and is President of the Italian Society of Electoral Studies (2014-2017). He has published numerous essays and books in the field of policy analysis, electoral studies, participatory and deliberative democracy. Among his most recent publications, see the volume La democrazia deliberativa: teorie, processi e sistemi (Rome, 2012)

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
List of Figures xiii
Acknowledgements xv
Introduction 1
PART I - THE RISE AND FALL OF PARTICIPATORY
DEMOCRACY IN THE 1960s AND 1970s 13
Chapter One - Participatory Democracy in the 1960s and 1970s:
The Origins of a Model 15
1.1 The background and the scene: participatory democracy in
political and theoretical debates in the United States in the 1960s 15
1.2 The critique of elitist theories of democracy and the meaning of
the pluralist approach 23
1.3 Participatory democracy as a new form of democracy:
Pateman and Macpherson 32
1.4 Levels and forms of participation: Sherry R. Arnstein's 'ladder' 38
Chapter Two - Beyond Participatory Democracy: The Debate in the 1980s 43
2.1 Benjamin Barber: searching for a 'strong democracy' 43
2.2 Jane Mansbridge: 'unitary democracy' and 'adversary democracy' 50
2.3 Beyond participatory democracy: two different paths 58
PART II - THE BUILDING PROCESS OF THE THEORETICAL
FIELD OF DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY 61
Chapter Three - At the Origins of 'Deliberative Democracy':
Interpretations of the American Constitution 63
3.1 Joseph M. Bessette: the American Constitution as a blueprint of
deliberative democracy 63
3.2 Cass R. Sunstein: deliberative democracy and republicanism 70
Chapter Four - Jon Elster: 'Non-Orthodox' Versions of Rationality and
Models of Political Theory 79
4.1 The forum and the market 79
4.2 The 'ideal speech situation': a pragmatic presupposition of
communicative action or a political ideal? 83
4.3 The nature of politics and the aim of participation 93
Chapter Five - Bernard Manin: Public Deliberation and
Democratic Legitimacy 97
5.1 Rousseau, the 'general will' and the deliberation 'of all' 97
5.2 Debating with Rawls: deliberation, the original position and
'rational choice' 101
5.3 The 'deliberation of all' as a source of democratic legitimacy 106
5.4 Debating with Habermas: the public sphere, 'consensus of all' and
democratic deliberation 111
Chapter Six - Joshua Cohen: An 'Ideal Deliberative Procedure' 121
6.1 'Deliberative democracy' as an ideal 121
6.2 The democratic ideal of a 'deliberative association' 127
6.3 From the ideal deliberative procedure to institutions 131
Chapter Seven - Intersections, Convergences and New Developments:
Expanding the Theoretical Field of Deliberative Democracy 139
7.1 John Forester: communicative interaction, policy analysis and
planning practices 139
7.2 John S. Dryzek's 'discursive democracy' 146
7.3 James Fishkin: deliberative democracy and political theory 150
7.3.1 Fishkin and Dahl: minipopulus and 'enlightened understanding' 151
7.3.2 Fishkin, Ackerman and the 'dualist conception' of
democratic politics 162
Chapter Eight - The 'Constitutive Phase' of Deliberative Democracy:
An Assessment 171
8.1 The five 'critical frontiers' of deliberative democracy 171
8.2 'Participatory' and 'deliberative': continuity, contiguity or break?
175
PART III - HABERMAS AND RAWLS: THE THEORETICAL
FOUNDATIONS OF DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY 183
Chapter Nine - Habermas and 'Deliberative Politics' 185
9.1 Between Facts and Norms: a 'defection' from the field of
deliberative democracy? 185
9.2 A procedural conception of democracy and the tension between
'facticity' and 'validity' 188
9.3 Models and concepts of 'deliberative politics': constitutional
legitimacy and republicanism 190
9.4 Deliberative politics: ethical self-understanding or an ordinary
trait of a democracy? 198
9.5 Deliberative politics: pragmatic discourses, ethical discourses
and moral discourses 202
9.6 Habermas and the 'democratic question': against 'normative defeatism'
213
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Chapter Ten - Deliberative Politics: the State, the Public Sphere and
Civil Society 221
10.1 Habermas, the 'two-track model' and 'sluices' 221
10.2 Habermas versus Cohen: can deliberative politics 'shape' the
whole of society? 227
10.3 Cohen and Sabel's 'democratic experimentalism': a model of
deliberative governance 233
10.4 Cohen versus Habermas: The 'public sphere' - informal or
structured? 240
Chapter Eleven - Rawls: The Idea of 'Public Reason' and Deliberative
Democracy 247
11.1 Introduction 247
11.2 The idea of public reason 249
11.3 Public reason and the dilemmas of 'reasonable pluralism' 254
11.4 Public reason as a deliberative paradigm 259
11.5 Public reason and deliberative democracy 267
11.6 The Rawlsian approach to deliberative democracy 275
Chapter Twelve - The Dialogue between Habermas and Rawls:
Just a 'Family Quarrel'? 279
12.1 Introduction 279
12.2 'Original position' and 'ideal speech situation' 281
12.3 'Reasonableness' and 'consensus'; 'justification' and 'legitimation':
the forms and ways of deliberative practice 284
12.3.1 Habermas versus Rawls 284
12.3.2 Rawls versus Habermas 287
12.3.3 Implications for deliberative democracy 292
12.4 Philosophers and citizens 297
DEMOCRACY TODAY 303
Chapter Thirteen - The Deliberative Field: A Possible 'Map' 305
13.1 Introduction 305
13.2 A 'working theory' 307
13.3 The legacy of Habermas and Rawls ... but not only 308
13.4 An ideal model or a theoretical model of democracy? 312
13.5 An 'empirical' or a 'policy-oriented' turn? 315
13.6 The 'systemic approach' to deliberative democracy 322
13.6.1 A 'deliberative system': definition and functions 322
13.6.2 Deliberation, participation and the forms of democratic politics 328
13.6.3 The link between participation, deliberation and conflict 330
xii From Participation to Deliberation
13.6.4 What makes a decision 'good' or 'correct'? The epistemic
functions of deliberation 332
Conclusion: In Praise of Mediation 337
Bibliography 351
Index 383
Index of Names 393