Deliberative Democracy in Populist Times. Challenges, Risks and Potential Solutions
(2021) STVK02 20211Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- In times of rising populism, this paper aims to study if deliberative democracy and deliberation in general, can function as a counteracting tool against populists movements. By discussing perspectives of both sides of the deliberative democratic debate, the paper illuminates both beneficial factors and potential drawbacks of the deliberative form of democracy when it comes to counteracting populism.
By arguing that deliberation and deliberative theories, on paper and in theory, has a great amount of potential in battling extremism, polarization, and division, the paper stresses that for deliberative democracy to regain its legitimacy and reach its full potential, a set of favorable conditions must first be fulfilled for the deliberative... (More) - In times of rising populism, this paper aims to study if deliberative democracy and deliberation in general, can function as a counteracting tool against populists movements. By discussing perspectives of both sides of the deliberative democratic debate, the paper illuminates both beneficial factors and potential drawbacks of the deliberative form of democracy when it comes to counteracting populism.
By arguing that deliberation and deliberative theories, on paper and in theory, has a great amount of potential in battling extremism, polarization, and division, the paper stresses that for deliberative democracy to regain its legitimacy and reach its full potential, a set of favorable conditions must first be fulfilled for the deliberative process to be effective and function properly. Without fulfillment of these favorable conditions, the paper concludes, the risk is imminent that an opposite effect of deliberation could emerge, which will most likely tend to undermine the true meaning of its main principles, feeding populism rather than counteracting it. (Less)
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- author
- Nerman, Albin LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVK02 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Deliberative democracy, deliberation, populism, democracy, Habermas
- language
- English
- id
- 9044861
- date added to LUP
- 2021-07-06 12:03:44
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abstract = {{In times of rising populism, this paper aims to study if deliberative democracy and deliberation in general, can function as a counteracting tool against populists movements. By discussing perspectives of both sides of the deliberative democratic debate, the paper illuminates both beneficial factors and potential drawbacks of the deliberative form of democracy when it comes to counteracting populism.
By arguing that deliberation and deliberative theories, on paper and in theory, has a great amount of potential in battling extremism, polarization, and division, the paper stresses that for deliberative democracy to regain its legitimacy and reach its full potential, a set of favorable conditions must first be fulfilled for the deliberative process to be effective and function properly. Without fulfillment of these favorable conditions, the paper concludes, the risk is imminent that an opposite effect of deliberation could emerge, which will most likely tend to undermine the true meaning of its main principles, feeding populism rather than counteracting it.}},
author = {{Nerman, Albin}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Deliberative Democracy in Populist Times. Challenges, Risks and Potential Solutions}},
year = {{2021}},
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