The Normative Value of Partisanship

When and Why Partisanship Matters

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6344809
AutoresDimitrios Efthymiou (0000-0002-8961-9250, Goethe University Frankfurt, autor de correspondencia), Dimitrios E Efthymiou (Goethe University Frankfurt)
Año2018
Volumen66
Número1
Páginas192-208
Fecha de publicación2018-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPolitical Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0032321717707401
OpenAlexW2757017883
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas35

Recent work on partisanship has highlighted the role of political parties in rendering democracy and justice widely accessible to citizens. In these recent works, a distinction is drawn between a contemporary conception of partisanship that focuses on fidelity to political parties and a classic conception that emphasises the importance of a civic ethos of active political engagement. I argue that these two conceptions of partisanship are not so disparate if we focus on the role of political parties in promoting civic commitment and contestation. More specifically, I show how a normative account of partisanship can contribute to a defence of a civic ethos of political commitment. I then argue that commitment leads to contestation among both partisans and non-partisans, and that polities lacking active contestation of political commitments are in one significant respect less well off than those societies where there is such contestation

Democracy · Economic Justice · Ethos · Normative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Populism, Right-Wing Movements