On the expansivity of democracy: a proposal for reinterpretation of democratic minimalism
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.29373/sas.v8i1.12597Keywords:
Democratic theory, Minimalism, Proceduralism, Political representation.Abstract
This bibliographic essay aims to reconsider the propositions of Joseph Schumpeter’s democratic minimalism and, through this exercise, to examine how its conceptual core is amplified in the effective funcioning of democracy. After a brief analysis of the schumpeterian minimalism, we present some criticisms that were directed to it from the 1960s onwards. Finally, based on O’Donnell, Saffon and Urbinati, we propose an extension of proceduralism so that it contemplates a normative dimension. This theoretical-conceptual discussion, however limited, is relevant today in the occasion of the challenges faced by social scientists to identify with scientific rigor which countries are indeed democratic – despite holding periodic elections.Downloads
References
GLASIUS, Marlies. What authoritarianism is… and is not: a practice perspective. In: International Affairs, v. 94, n. 3, p. 515-33, 2018.
MACKIE, Gerry. Schumpeter’s Leadership Democracy. In: Political Theory, v. 37, n. 1, p. 128-153, 2009.
MIGUEL, Luis Felipe. Democracia e representação: territórios em disputa. São Paulo: Editora Unesp, 2014.
O’DONNELL, Guillermo. Teoria democrática e política comparada. In: Dados, Rio de Janeiro, v. 42, n. 4, p. 577-654, 1999. Disponível em: <http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0011-52581999000400001>. Acesso em: 28 fev. 2017.
PATEMAN, Carole. Participação e teoria democrática. São Paulo: Paz e Terra, 1992.
SAFFON, Maria Paula; URBINATI, Nadia. Procedural Democracy, the Bulwark of Equal Liberty. In: Political Theory, v. 41, n. 3, p. 441-481, 2013.
SARTORI, Giovanni. A teoria democrática revisitada: o debate contemporâneo. São Paulo: Editora Ática, 1994.
SCHUMPETER, Joseph A. Capitalismo, socialismo e democracia. Rio de Janeiro: Fundo de Cultura, 1961.
SWEDBERG, Richard. Introduction. In: SCHUMPETER, Joseph A. Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy. New York: Routledge, 2003. p. IX-XXI.
URBINATI, Nadia. Representative Democracy: Principles and Genealogy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006.
WALKER, Jack L. A Critique of the Elitist Theory of Democracy. In: The American Political Science Review, v. 60, n. 2, p. 285-295, 1966.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Os manuscritos aceitos e publicados são de propriedade da Sem Aspas. Os artigos publicados e as referências citadas na revista Sem Aspas são de inteira responsabilidade de seus autores.
