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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Dannica Fleuß (Helmut Schmidt University, Germany)Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited Imprint: Emerald Publishing Limited Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.432kg ISBN: 9781800437210ISBN 10: 1800437218 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 30 June 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Democratic Legitimacy, Democratic Crises, Everyday (Political) Practice Chapter 1. Bridging the Gap between Principles and Institutions: Meta-Theoretical and Methodological Considerations Chapter 2. Procedure, Substance, Democratic Legitimacy: A Framework for the Debate Chapter 3. Two Forms of Proceduralism: Rawls’s and Habermas’s Theories of Democratic Legitimacy Chapter 4. Normative Proceduralism and Its Limitations in ‘Post-Metaphysical’ Political Theory Chapter 5. Radical Proceduralist Ideals: A Discursive Account Chapter 6. Institutional Designs as Conversation Starter: Ask Citizens, not Philosophers! Chapter 7. Conclusion: Democratic Institutions for Radical Proceduralists and Other CitizensReviewsDannica Fleuss calls on us to resist the lure of epistocracy, in favour of a radical proceduralism that trusts in the collective capacity of citizens to govern their societies. In this powerful and provocative book, she reinvigorates democratic theory and restores faith in democratic politics. -- William Smith, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Dannica Fleuss attacks her subject with a philosophical precision that is grounded in an awareness of the importance of context. But rather than meekly giving in to context and saying 'it depends', she boldly grasps the proceduralist horn of the democratic legitimacy dilemma. Her arguments will be important for anyone wanting to do serious, thoughtful work on legitimacy, democracy and expertise. -- John Parkinson, Maastricht University What is the role of the political theorist? Dannica Fleuss asks. The answer, given through a detailed and comprehensive explanation of radical proceduralism (an impressive collation and analysis of literature that stands on its own as an original contribution), is to embrace humility, to understand oneself as an equal member of one's local community(ies), and to ultimately deliver the role of the interpreter, of guild master, to one or more procedures of democracy. It is not for the theorist to control the substance of a community's focus but rather to 'start and facilitate open ended conversations [...] not to deliver their conclusion'. Fleuss offers political theorists a way out of the cloister, a thoroughly justified and well-argued position for getting one's hands dirty, a professional destiny that sees one's place of work as not the lecture theatre, nor cluttered desk, but rather the street, the dining table, the cafe, the online forum, and countless other spaces and places where so many of us meet, greet, talk and continue figuring out our place in the world and what we want from this life. -- Jean-Paul Gagnon, University of Canberra Author InformationDannica Fleuß is a postdoctoral research fellow and lecturer in political theory at Helmut Schmidt University (Hamburg) and a research associate at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance (University of Canberra). She is also a co-convenor of the Political Studies Association's Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Specialist Group and a member of the Switzerland-based DemocracyNet. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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