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Emanzipation oder Reaktion: Wie konservativ ist die deliberative Demokratie?

Emancipation or Reaction: How Conservative is Deliberative Democracy?
[journal article]

Schäfer, Andreas
Merkel, Wolfgang

Abstract

Ist die deliberative Demokratie ein konservatives Modell? Beruht es auf Mechanismen, die in systematischer Weise seinen emanzipatorischen Anspruch unterminieren? Der Aufsatz beantwortet diese Frage im Anschluss an KritikerInnen der deliberativen Demokratie in Hinblick auf drei Dimensionen. Die zeitl... view more

Ist die deliberative Demokratie ein konservatives Modell? Beruht es auf Mechanismen, die in systematischer Weise seinen emanzipatorischen Anspruch unterminieren? Der Aufsatz beantwortet diese Frage im Anschluss an KritikerInnen der deliberativen Demokratie in Hinblick auf drei Dimensionen. Die zeitliche Dimension betreffend wird untersucht, inwieweit das deliberative Modell einen den Status quo bewahrenden Charakter hat. In der sachlichen Dimension wird eine Tendenz zur Entpolitisierung diskutiert. Für die soziale Dimension thematisiert der Aufsatz die potenzielle Exklusion bestimmter sozialer Gruppen und ihrer Perspektiven aus dem Deliberationsprozess. In Auseinandersetzung mit einschlägigen Ansätzen der deliberativen Demokratietheorie und mit Befunden der empirischen Deliberationsforschung gelangt der Aufsatz zu einem differenzierten Bild. Demnach lassen sich potenziell konservierende Tendenzen in der deliberativen Demokratie auffinden. Gleichzeitig wird argumentiert, dass diese Tendenzen vermeidbar sind, wenn einerseits das genuin kritische Potenzial deliberativer Praxis gegenüber anderen Elementen des Modells hervorgehoben und andererseits die Notwendigkeit der institutionellen Einbettung deliberativer Prozesse in Verfahren der repräsentativen Demokratie berücksichtigt wird.... view less


Is deliberative democracy a conservative model? Is it based on mechanisms that systematically undermine its emancipatory claim? Drawing on the work of critics of deliberative democracy, this essay answers those questions by considering three distinct dimensions of the problem. First, with regard to ... view more

Is deliberative democracy a conservative model? Is it based on mechanisms that systematically undermine its emancipatory claim? Drawing on the work of critics of deliberative democracy, this essay answers those questions by considering three distinct dimensions of the problem. First, with regard to the temporal dimension, it examines the extent to which the deliberative model tends to uphold the status quo. Then, as far as the material dimension is concerned, it considers whether deliberative democracy encourages depoliticization. Finally, the essay investigates the social dimension: Are certain social groups and their perspectives potentially excluded from the deliberation process. By examing relevant approaches taken both by theorists of deliberative democracy and empirical research on its actual implementations, the authors reach some nuanced conclusions. While it is true that potentially conservative tendencies can be identified in deliberative democracy, those tendencies can be avoided in two ways. First, the genuinely critical potential of deliberative practice must be emphasized in preference to other elements of the model. Second, we must bear in mind that deliberative processes should be embedded institutionally in the procedures of representative democracy.... view less

Keywords
deliberative democracy; exclusion; inclusion; inequality; political participation; representation; theory of democracy; conservatism; democratization

Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture

Free Keywords
democratic innovations; demokratische Innovationen; systemic turn; systemische Wende

Document language
German

Publication Year
2020

Journal
Politische Vierteljahresschrift (2020)

Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/218853

ISSN
1862-2860

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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