Political Talk-and “Strong Democracy”
Political Talk-and “Strong Democracy”
“Strong democracy” is an approach to politics that emphasizes participation and community. It reflects a conviction that representative institutions have done as much to undermine as to undergird democratic practice, and that our problem today is that we have too little rather than too much democracy.
One way to grasp the difference between instrumental or “thin” theories of democracy and what I call strong democracy is to look at the role of talk in democratic ...
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