Views on Direct Democracy and Self-Government from the Perspective of Praxis Journal Cover Image

Pogledi na direktnu demokratiju i samoupravljanje iz perspektive časopisa Praxis
Views on Direct Democracy and Self-Government from the Perspective of Praxis Journal

Author(s): Miloš V. Janković
Subject(s): Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Marxism, Philosophy of Law, Politics and society
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Новом Саду
Keywords: direct democracy;self-governing;Praxis;

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyzes texts of Yugoslav authors to Praxis journal during the eleven years of production. It offers an overview of different views on direct (delegate, participatory) democracy and workers', or social, self-government. Based on different understandings of normative models of direct democracy and self-government, we identified four main lines of criticism that can be characterized as 1) statism, 2) insufficient democratization, 3) non-integrality of self-government and 4) market orientation. On the one hand, these criticisms complement each other, while on the other hand, they are set against each other.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 36
  • Page Range: 275-294
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Serbian