Reflective Inclusion : Learning from Activists What Taking a Deliberative Stance Means
Felicetti, Andrea and Holdo, Markus LU
(2023)
In Political Studies
- Abstract
Researchers are increasingly recognizing that social movements are crucial for realizing deliberative democratic values. However, this raises two important questions: (1) what actions should count as deliberation and (2) whether we should demand more from activists than merely provoking or encouraging deliberation in a society. Building on current research on activists’ actual engagement with deliberation, we argue that the standard of taking a “deliberative stance” (being respectful, sincere, and public-minded) is a good starting point for addressing both questions. By taking a deliberative stance, movements benefit from deliberation themselves and contribute to deliberative systems. However, we should also acknowledge that forms of... (More)
Researchers are increasingly recognizing that social movements are crucial for realizing deliberative democratic values. However, this raises two important questions: (1) what actions should count as deliberation and (2) whether we should demand more from activists than merely provoking or encouraging deliberation in a society. Building on current research on activists’ actual engagement with deliberation, we argue that the standard of taking a “deliberative stance” (being respectful, sincere, and public-minded) is a good starting point for addressing both questions. By taking a deliberative stance, movements benefit from deliberation themselves and contribute to deliberative systems. However, we should also acknowledge that forms of deliberation change, and discovering new forms is a crucial part of what movements do for democracy. We propose to adopt a principle we call “reflective inclusion,” which allows us to engage abductively with new actions that might expand and deepen our understanding of what deliberation may look like.
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- author
- Felicetti, Andrea
and Holdo, Markus
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2023
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- epub
- subject
- keywords
- activism, deliberation, democracy, participation, social movements
- in
- Political Studies
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85147652709
- ISSN
- 0032-3217
- DOI
- 10.1177/00323217221150867
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 0ea4681e-b82a-4031-b5ea-1115170df46e
- date added to LUP
- 2023-02-21 11:46:20
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