The Deliberative Turn in Democratic Theory

Models, Methods, Misconceptions

Antonino Palumbo

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English

Palgrave Macmillan
13 June 2024

Political science & theory; Elections & referenda; Political structures: democracy; Parliamentary & legislative practice

Series: The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy

Thirty years of developments in deliberative democracy (DD) have consolidated this subfield of democratic theory. The acquired disciplinary prestige has made theorist and practitioners very confident about the ability of DD to address the legitimacy crisis experienced by liberal democracies at present at both theoretical and practical levels. The book advance a critical analysis of these developments that casts doubts on those certainties -- current theoretical debates are reproposing old methodological divisions, and are afraid to move beyond the minimalist model of democracy advocated by liberal thinkers; democratic experimentation at the micro-level seems to have no impact at the macro-level, and remain sets of isolated experiences. The book indicates that those defects are mainly due to the liberal minimalist frame of reference within which reflection in democratic theory and practice takes place. Consequently, it suggests to move beyond liberal understandings of democracy as a game in need of external rules, and adopt instead a vision of democracy as a self-correcting metagame.

By: Antonino Palumbo
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: 2024 ed.
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
ISBN: 9783031565120
ISBN 10: 3031565126
Series: The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 13 June 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1: Deliberative Democracy as a Conceptual Landscape.- Chapter 2:Guardian Models of DD: Knowledge, Expertise and the Revival of Epistocracy.- Chapter 3: Epistemic Models of DD: Reasoning and Judging in an Epistemically Correct Way.- Chapter 4: Integrative Models of DD: Representing and Arguing for the Common Good.- Chapter 5: Radical Models of DD: Digitising and Networking for Demarchy.- Chapter 6: Recasting Democracy as a Metagame.- Chapter 7: Bibliographical References.

Antonino Palumbo (PhD) is a political theorist working on globalization, the transformation of governance and the implications of changes in state steering for modern representative democracies. Since 2002 he has been teaching in political philosophy at Palermo University (Italy), where is an associate professor. His research interests are in analytical theories of the state, democracy and governance; normative policy analysis.