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Postnationalist Democratization, Cillian Mcbride
Postnationalist Democratization, Cillian Mcbride
Cillian McBride
No abstract provided.
Introduction: Theorising Politics, Cillian Mcbride
Introduction: Theorising Politics, Cillian Mcbride
Cillian McBride
No abstract provided.
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 …
Self-Transparency And The Possibility Of Deliberative Politics, Cillian Mcbride
Self-Transparency And The Possibility Of Deliberative Politics, Cillian Mcbride
Cillian McBride
No abstract provided.
Consensus, Legitimacy, And The Exercise Of Judgement In Political Deliberation, Cillian Mcbride
Consensus, Legitimacy, And The Exercise Of Judgement In Political Deliberation, Cillian Mcbride
Cillian McBride
Deliberative Democrats have been criticised for promoting an overly consensual style of politics. Agonistic democrats argue that this is because they allow justice to displace ‘the political’ while others make the opposite charge: deliberative democrats pay insufficient attention to justice and the confrontational style of politics which may be necessary to secure social justice. I argue that the deliberative model aims at strengthening democratic legitimacy, not at producing consensus and that it is centrally concerned with stimulating the exercise of citizens’ capacity for judgement. The duty of civility should be regarded as a duty to make impartial judgements, not as …