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Activist Challenges to Deliberative Democracy
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It seems there is an insuperable contradiction between two conceptions of social change : one rooted in collective action and critique by activists, the other based on the construction of a collective agreement after a fair deliberation, as argued by deliberative democrats. Through a dialogue between these two positions, this essay casts a new light on certain limitations of deliberative democratic norms, especially in a context of wide structural inequalities, making public discussion hardly ever equitable. In so doing this essay emphasizes the democratic virtues of non-deliberative and contentious political practices. It is only by opening deliberation to non-argumentative and critical forms of expression that it can achieve its ideal of inclusion and social change.
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Metadata
- Authors
- YOUNG, I. M.
- Venue
- Political Theory
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2001-10
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 670-690
- ISSN
- 0090-5917 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-7476
- OpenAlex
- W2028391240
- Cited by
- 999
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 71.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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