Plamen Makariev

The Public Legitimacy of Minority Claims (eBook, PDF)

A Central/Eastern European perspective

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a study of public policies concerning the national, ethnic, and religious minorities in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. It explores the opportunities available for applying the model of deliberative democracy to the domain of designing and realizing minority policies. It examines the possibility that minority groups can influence - and ideally even pre-decide - minority policies by legitimizing claims concerning their needs and rights in a way that leaves democratic public opinion no choice but to support them.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317292692
• Artikelnr.: 46758971

Autorenporträt

Plamen Makariev is Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy, Sofia University, Bulgaria.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Why Communicative Empowerment of Minorities?
Overview
Methodology
Demographic Data about the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe
Part I: Identities and Policies
1. Minority Identities
Minority
Identity and Culture
Whose Identity?
Identity: Essence or Construct?
Identity: an End, or a Means?
2. The Complexity of Minority Issues
Cultural Differences
Group Solidarity
Social and Political Factors
3. Political Power and Minority Policies
Socialist Internationalism
Consociational Democracy
The Politics of Presence
Identity Relations and Political Power
Part II: Identities and Communicative Power
Introduction II
4. Communicative Power
Public Legitimization within the Framework of the Habermasian Model of the
Public Sphere
The Plurality of the Public Sphere
Genuine and Fictitious Legitimacy
5. Legitimacy and Public Deliberation
What Is "Public Deliberation"?
Differentia Specifica of Deliberative Decision-Making
The Unforced Force of the Better Argument
Procedure as a Safeguard against the Manipulation of Public Communication
6. The Internet as a Medium for Public Deliberation
How Does "Communicative Power" Work?
The Public Sphere and the Internet
Public Deliberation and the Internet
7. Is Intercultural Public Deliberation Possible?
The Challenges of Communication across Cultural Barriers
Solutions Proposed
8. The Communicative Empowerment of Minority Groups
Ethical-Political Discourses as Instances of Public Deliberation
Ethical-Political Discourses as Enclave Deliberations
The Dual Identity of Minority Group Members
Conclusion