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Democracy --- Discourse analysis. --- Social aspects. --- Habermas, Jürgen, --- 1 HABERMAS, JÜRGEN --- Filosofie. Psychologie--HABERMAS, JÜRGEN --- Habermas, Jurgen --- -Habŏmasŭ, Wirŭgen --- Habŏmasŭ --- Khabermas, I︠U︡. --- Khabermas, I︠U︡rgen --- Ha-pei-ma-ssu, Yu-erh-ken --- Habeimasi --- הברמאס, יורגן --- יורגן הברמס --- 哈贝马斯 --- Contributions in political science --- -Contributions in political science --- 1 HABERMAS, JÜRGEN Filosofie. Psychologie--HABERMAS, JÜRGEN --- -Habermas, Jürgen --- Discourse analysis --- Discourse grammar --- Text grammar --- Semantics --- Semiotics --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Social aspects --- Habermas, Jürgen. --- Habermas, Jürgen --- Habermas, Jürgen. --- Habermas, Jürgen --- Habŏmasŭ, Wirŭgen --- Democracy - Social aspects. --- Habermas, Jürgen, - 1929 --- -Democracy

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Is democracy worth saving? Responding to the erosion of democracy, philosophical debates have pivoted from analyzing the best forms of democracy to questioning what is so valuable about democracy to begin with, how we can save it, and whether it is indeed worth saving. Contemporary Democratic Theory charts this pivot and surveys the most important new developments in the philosophical, theoretical, and normative examination of the concept of democracy. Comparisons that dominated 20th century democratic theory - between direct democracy, participatory democracy, deliberative democracy, and agonistic democracy - are in the 21st century giving way to comparisons between democracy and its challengers: epistocracy, technocracy, meritocracy, oligarchy, and autocracy. Philosophical interest in the canonical figures of democratic theory like Aristotle, Rousseau and Mill is being eclipsed by damage control in the face populism, sinking trust in democratic institutions, failing political parties, and the spread of misinformation. Overarching epochal forces of crisis and threat are pushing democratic theory in new directions and towards new ideas. This refreshing and authoritative text identifies, explains, and evaluates the new directions taken by contemporary democratic theory in challenging times.

Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Political systems

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Mass communications --- Political sociology --- Democracy. --- Freedom of speech. --- Freedom of the press. --- Liberty of conscience. --- Mass media --- Political aspects.

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The idea that democratic governance rests on active self-rule by citizens plays surprisingly little part in current theories of democracy, which instead stress the importance of representation by elected, appointed, or randomly selected bodies such as legislatures, courts, and juries. This would have astonished eighteenth-century theorists of democracy, who viewed universal suffrage and majoritarian voting as the sole criteria for democratic politics. Active and Passive Citizens defends the view of these earlier thinkers, asserting that individual agency is the very essence of democracy. In this provocative and lucidly argued book, Richard Tuck draws on the distinction made by the Abbé Sieyès, a leading political theorist of the French Revolution, between “active” citizens (the electorate) and “passive” ones (those who are represented by the institutions of the state). Tuck traces our current representative view of democracy to Sieyès and contrasts him with Rousseau, a theorist of active self-rule by the people. Tuck argues that modern theories of democracy have effectively turned us into passive citizens and calls for a renewal of a majoritarian democracy that realizes the full potential of active citizenship. Based on the prestigious Tanner Lectures delivered at Princeton University’s Center for Human Values, Active and Passive Citizens is edited and introduced by Stephen Macedo and includes commentary by political theorists Simone Chambers, Joshua Cohen, John Ferejohn, and Melissa Schwartzberg.

Political participation --- Political science --- Representative government and representation --- Voting --- Philosophy