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Introduction: Theorising Politics, Cillian Mcbride
Introduction: Theorising Politics, Cillian Mcbride
Cillian McBride
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Reason, Representation, And Participation, Cillian Mcbride
Reason, Representation, And Participation, Cillian Mcbride
Cillian McBride
No abstract provided.
Identity, Unity, And The Limits Of Democracy, Cillian Mcbride
Identity, Unity, And The Limits Of Democracy, Cillian Mcbride
Cillian McBride
Can the demos be uncoupled from the ethnos? Can there be a democratic politics of state-boundaries, or are borders a condition of the possibility of democratic politics rather than a possible subject for those politics? The author argues for the decoupling strategy and affirms the possibility of a democratic politics about borders, anchoring the discussion in the politics of Northern Ireland. The argument turns on the analysis of public reasoning. It is argued first that culturalist accounts of self-determination are misconceived and that political institutions, and not cultural identity, make collective self-determination possible. Secondly, that the demos is constituted by …