Parliamentarism and Democratic Theory

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Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

Kari Palonen José María Rosales(Herausgeber*in)

Verlag Barbara Budrich

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Erschienen am 17. Juni 2015

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Parliamentarism and Democratic. Theory Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Introduction: The Theory and Practice of Parliamentary Democracy
Parliamentarism and Democratic Theory
Approaching Parliamentary Politics
The Changing Uses of Parliamentarism
Debating Democratic Theory and Performance
References
1 How Women's Suffrage Was Devalued: The Burden of Analytical Categories and the Conceptual History of Democracy
Introduction
How Women's Suffrage Got Lost in Classes
Old and New Democracies in Studies of the Interwar Crisis of Democracy
On Double Standards
On Anachronisms
Concluding Remarks
References
2 Cambridge and Oxford Union Societies as Parliamentary Bodies: Legitimating Politics through the Adoption of the House of Commons Procedure
The Union Societies as 'Parliamentary Bodies'
Two Types of Union Debates
The Politics of Debate: Seeking Political Legitimacy Through Revision of the Rules
Conclusion
Primary Sources
Secondary Literature
3 'Advanced Liberalism' and the Politics of Reform in Victorian Parliamentary Debates of the 1860s
A 'Small Band of Radicals': 'Advanced Liberalism' in Academic Literature
Reform and Political Stability: The Contested Meaning of'Advanced Liberalism'
The Janus Face of 'Advanced Liberalism'
Concluding Remarks
Primary Sources
Secondary Literature
4 What Matters in Social Sciences and Political Debates: Max Weber's Contributions to Parliamentary Studies During World War I
Objectivity in Social Sciences: A Matter of Ongoing Controversy
Objectivity (Sachlichkeit) in Parliamentary Debates: A Matter of Responsibility
Selection of Political Leaders
Accountability of Political Leaders
Conclusion
References
5 Contrasting Complaints about Parliamentarism in Western Europe (1918-39)
Introduction
Professional Politicians: An Incompetent and Untrustworthy Bunch
Parties with Too Much Power and Too Few Principles
Universal Suffrage: The Root of All Evil
An Inherently Flawed System
Conclusion
Primary Sources
Secondary Literature
6 Parliamentary Oversight in Foreign Policy: The Momentum of the US Congress in the 1970s
Parliamentary Oversight in a Presidential System
The Correct Interpretation of the Constitution vs. Historical Precedents
The US Congress Move to Reassert its Powers in Foreign Policy
Continue the Momentum
Concluding Remarks
Primary Sources
Secondary Literature
7 Can Deliberative Mini-Publics Improve the Quality of Democratic Decision-Making?
Introduction
Deliberation in Representative Bodies and its Obstacles
What Are Deliberative Mini-Publics?
When Should Deliberative Mini-Publics be Used?
Suggestions for Institutional Designs
Concluding Remarks
References
8 Democracy and Compromise: Beyond a Deliberative Approach
Compromise: Basic Features
Deliberation and Substantive Fairness: Preliminary Remarks
Epistemic Deliberation and Compromises
Democratic Bargaining and Fair Compromise
Conclusion
References
9 Democratic Authority and Informed Consent
Mill's Epistocratic Deliberativism
Democratic Authority, Deliberation and Informed Consent
Libertarian Paternalism, Deliberation and Expertocracy
Conclusion
References
10 The Paradox of Democratic Selection: Is Sortition Better than Voting?
Introduction
Is Political Outsourcing Necessary?
Non-Random Alternatives to Political Outsourcing
Randomness and Democratic Legitimacy
Randomness and Political Representation
Conclusion
References
11 Elective and Aleatory Parliamentarism
Introduction
The Theory of Aleatory Democracy: Reasons for Randomness
Lotteries on the Reform Agenda for Elective Parliamentarism Today
Political Lotteries as Producers and Consumers of Political Legitimacy
Conclusion
References
12 Participation: A Complement or a Substitute to Parliamentary Democracy?
Introduction: The Participatory Wave in International Law
The Importance of the Subsurface of Law and the Role of Civil Society
Article 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
The European Convention of Human Rights
Special Areas of Participatory Rights
Some Preliminary Conclusions and Many Questions
Primary Sources
Secondary Literature
Epilogue: Recasting the Parliamentary Culture of Politics
The Represented and the Representatives: A Misleading Opposition
Politics of Preferences vs. Politics on the Agenda
Bureaucracy, Expertise, and Political Representation
Representation and Parliamentary Democracy
The Allure of Instant Democracy
References
Index

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