FUNDAMENTAL VALUES OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY
FUNDAMENTAL VALUES OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY
Author(s): Sofia BratuSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: political legitimacy; democratic procedure; transnational governance
Summary/Abstract: In the present paper, I focus on the establishment of constitutional democracies, the problem of political legitimacy within the context of moral conflict, the operational principles of modern democracy, the legitimacy of deliberative democracy, the institutional forms of democracy, and the democratization of established power structures. The argument of this paper has several parts, and I expect a few of the claims I make to be controversial. The paper aims to analyze and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of transnational governance, the moral value of democratic procedures, key dangers in liberal-democratic politics, Cicero’s rhetorical and political strategy, and the rationalistic interpretation of the democratic procedure.
Journal: Contemporary Readings in Law and Social Justice
- Issue Year: II/2010
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 301-306
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English
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