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Deliberación Y Democracia: Una Respuesta A Gallardo, Cristian Perez-Munoz
Deliberación Y Democracia: Una Respuesta A Gallardo, Cristian Perez-Munoz
Cristian Pérez Muñoz
In this brief article I evaluate the model of deliberative democracy recently advanced by Javier Gallardo (2009). My main purpose is to point out some problems in his proposal. In the !rst part of the article, I explain why his proposal may be indistinguishable from a model of competitive democracy. In particular I argue that his model could not deal with the normative and political problems that the author sees as inherent in a competitive democracy. Second, I examine the scope of his model. Gallardo explains neither who the subjects of deliberation are nor which spaces"agents actually deliberate in. If …
“Propuestas Universales De Redistribución Del Ingreso. Un Análisis Normativo.”, Cristian Pérez Muñoz
“Propuestas Universales De Redistribución Del Ingreso. Un Análisis Normativo.”, Cristian Pérez Muñoz
Cristian Pérez Muñoz
The idea of guarantying an unconditional and universal income to each member of the political community is rooted in Thomas Paine and Joseph Charlier writings, published some centuries ago. In the last decades, the debate on this topic has been renewed. Among the recent initiatives, the most spread ones have been the Universal Basic Income, mainly developed by Philippe Van Parijs, and the capital grants proposal elaborated by Bruce Ackerman and Anne Alstott. These two guaranteed income proposals present many coincidences and differences, both in the normative and factual area. This article contains a normative analysis of both proposals, mainly …