Name: The Deliberative Turn in Democratic Theory
ISBN: 978-3-031-56512-0

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Antonino Palumbo ⁰

Antonino Palumbo
1. Dipartimento Scienze Umane, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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Advances a critical analysis of developments aimed at addressing the legitimacy crisis
Moves beyond liberal understandings of democracy as a game in need of external rules
Adopts a vision of democracy as a self-correcting metagame

Part of the book series: The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy (PSTCD)

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Keywords

democractic theory
deliberative turn
demarchy
epistocracy
epistemic democracy
deliberative polls
legitimacy crisis
liberal democracies
epistemic turn
empirical turn
democratic politics
conceptual innovations

About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

Dipartimento Scienze Umane, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Antonino Palumbo

About the author

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.

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: The Deliberative Turn in Democratic Theory
Book Subtitle: Models, Methods, Misconceptions
Authors: Antonino Palumbo
Series Title: The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-56512-0Due: 10 July 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-56515-1Due: 10 July 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-56513-7Due: 10 July 2024
Series ISSN: 2947-4469
Series E-ISSN: 2947-4477
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 209
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

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