Can Democracy be Deliberative & Participatory? The Democratic Case for Political Uses of Mini-Publics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9684970 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cristina Lafont (0000-0002-1029-9689, Doctors of the World, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 146 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 85-105 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Daedalus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-5266 • E-ISSN: 1548-6192 |
| Publisher | MIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/daed_a_00449 |
| OpenAlex | W2731349342 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 1 |
This essay focuses on recent proposals to confer decisional status upon deliberative mini-publics such as citizens' juries, Deliberative Polls, and citizens' assemblies. Against such proposals, I argue that inserting deliberative mini-publics into political decision-making processes would diminish the democratic legitimacy of the political system as a whole. This negative conclusion invites a question: which political uses of mini-publics would yield genuinely democratic improvements? Drawing from a participatory conception of deliberative democracy, I propose several uses of mini-publics that could enhance the democratic legitimacy of political decision-making in current societies
Citizen journalism · Deliberative democracy · Democracy · Democratic legitimacy · Legitimacy · Participatory democracy · Political science · Political system · Politics · Publics · Sociology · E-Government and Public Services · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Public Administration · Social Media and Politics
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| Unique citing works | 30 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,75 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 30 |