Meritocratic Democracy

A Cross-Cultural Political Theory

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19968465
AutoresElena Ziliotti (0000-0002-8929-9728, Assistant Professor of Ethics and Political Philosophy, Delft University of Technology, autor de correspondencia)
Año2024
Fecha de publicación2024-05-28
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaMeritocratic Democracy (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialOxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780198896456.001.0001
OpenAlexW4399826830
Open LibraryOL50638002M
ISBN9780198896456
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas133

This book offers a new theory of democracy that advances debates on democracy and political meritocracy by synthesizing the best of contemporary Western democratic theory and Confucian political theory. The general questions that this book poses, and attempts to answer, are: can findings in Western democratic theories be used to address the Confucian meritocrats’ concern for the ability of democracy to produce desirable outcomes? What is the relationship of political leaders with democracy? Can insights from Confucian political theory be used to reconceptualize how political parties in democratic societies ensure that their leaders use their power for common political goals? The answer to these questions is the theory of democracy defended in this book: meritocratic democracy. Meritocratic democracy comprises three main propositions: (a) Democratic rule is epistemically superior to meritocratic forms of government; (b) Contemporary democracies need public-spirited political leaders; (c) A system of partisan juries that preselect the candidates running for the party leadership can bring about public-spirited leadership. Meritocratic democracy opens a path for a global debate on democratic theory by exemplifying the inherent capacity of political theorization to transcend boundaries between various philosophical standpoints, and highlighting its potential for constructive reciprocal contestation

Democracy · Direct democracy · Economics · Epistemology · Law and economics · Meritocracy · Political economy · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Power (physics) · Social science · Sociology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Chinese history and philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Public Administration