THE CIVIC CONSTELLATION: A CONCEPTUAL AND ARGUMENTATIVE STUDY OF THE DEMOCRATIC...
INITIAL ARGUMENTDEMOCRACY IS A FORM OF GOVERNMENT AND A POLITICAL IDEAL. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND NEITHER SEPARATELY BUT THEY DO NOT COINCIDE WITH EACH OTHER NOR DO THEY HAVE COMPARABLE IMPLICATIONS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE....
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INITIAL ARGUMENTDEMOCRACY IS A FORM OF GOVERNMENT AND A POLITICAL IDEAL. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND NEITHER SEPARATELY BUT THEY DO NOT COINCIDE WITH EACH OTHER NOR DO THEY HAVE COMPARABLE IMPLICATIONS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE. MODERN DEMOCRACY HAS BEEN THE OBJECT OF INNUMERABLE CRITICISMS, MOSTLY RELATED TO THE DEFICIENT CIVIC PERFORMANCE OF THE REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM, BUT THE IDEALS UNDERLYING DEMOCRACY HAVE RARELY BEEN QUESTIONED. IDEALS ORIENT PRACTICES AND DEVISE LANGUAGES, JUSTIFY ACTIONS AND LEGITIMIZE PROJECTS. YET THEY ARE AS CONTINGENT AS THE HISTORICAL REALIZATIONS OF DEMOCRACY THEY PRESUMABLY INSPIRE.A GREAT PART OF THE STUDIES IN DEMOCRATIC THEORY EITHER DEAL MOSTLY WITH NORMATIVE ASSUMPTIONS OR FOCUS ON IDEALS TO FORMULATE CRITICISMS OF REAL DEMOCRACIES. THE CHALLENGES CONCERNING ACCESS TO CIVIC RIGHTS BY NON-CITIZENS IN LIBERAL DEMOCRACIES QUESTION THE RELATION OF PRACTICES TO IDEALS. THEY PROVE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF INTEGRATION BUT ALSO THE FAILURES OF EXCLUSION. THEY REVEAL THE CIVIC CAPABILITY OF NON-CITIZENS. THE PROJECT UPHOLDS THAT UNLESS DEMOCRATIC THEORYS NORMATIVE ANALYSIS IS CONTRASTED BY THE STUDY OF CIVIC PRACTICES AND THEIR TENSION WITH EXCLUSIONARY POLITICS, ITS CONTRIBUTIONS RISK TURNING IRRELEVANT FOR THE PERMANENT TASK OF IMPROVING DEMOCRACY.RESEARCH OBJECTSTO EMBARK ON THIS PROJECT THE TEAM SETTLES ON AN ITINERARY WHOSE GUIDING THREAD IS AN EXPERIMENT WITH METHODOLOGICAL COOPERATION TO BRIDGE THE GAP SEPARATING NORMATIVE FROM INSTITUTIONAL APPROACHES. THE EXPERIENCE OF DEMOCRACY IS RENDERED THROUGH THE ACTIONS OF POLITICAL AGENTS, NAMELY POLITICIANS, CITIZENS AND IMMIGRANTS. IT PORTRAYS THE CONFLICTUAL BUT INSTRUCTIVE HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTIONAL DISTANCE THAT SEPARATES IDEALS FROM EXPERIENCE. TO RESEARCH ITS MEANINGS AND CONSEQUENCES, THE PROJECT AIMS AT:1 EXPLORING THE CIVIC PRACTICES OF DEMOCRATIC AGENTS THROUGH THE POLITICAL AND MORAL VOCABULARIES THAT INFORM THEIR INTELLECTUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND PUBLIC ACTIONS. AGENTS DELIVER THOSE REPRESENTATIONS AND ACTIONS ARGUMENTATIVELY, THEREBY DEFENDING RIGHTS AND INTERESTS. THROUGH THOSE CIVIC PERFORMANCES, THEY COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER TO ACCESS THE RESOURCES THAT MAKE POSSIBLE TO EXERCISE RIGHTS AND ADVANCE INTERESTS.2 RECONSTRUCTING THE CIVIC CONSTELLATION OF THOSE VOCABULARIES BY WEAVING THE NETWORKS OF BASIC CONCEPTS AND COUNTERCONCEPTS USED IN MORAL AND POLITICAL ARGUMENTS. AN ORIGINAL TECHNIQUE OF BEGRIFFSGESCHICHTE, THE METHOD IS REFINED BY THE RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ARGUMENTS PRESENTED IN THE PUBLIC SPACES OF DEMOCRACY. THE CIVIC CONSTELLATION PROVIDES THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR DEMOCRATIC IDEALS. THE PROJECT AIMS TO CRITICALLY EXAMINE THEIR NORMATIVE ASSUMPTIONS AND RESTATE THE DEMOCRATIC VALUE OF CIVIC PRACTICES. DEMOCRATIC AGENTS DRAW ON THE SAME CIVIC CONCEPTUAL CONSTELLATION AND APPARENTLY SHARE THE SAME IDEALS, BUT THEIR LANGUAGES DENOTE THEIR DIFFERENT, ANTAGONISTIC CIVIC CONDITIONS.3 REAPPRAISING THE CIVIC QUESTION IN THE DEBATES ON DEMOCRACY, CONSIDERING THE REVALUATION OF CITIZENSHIP PRODUCED BY IMMIGRATIONS CHALLENGES; AND RELATEDLY, THE CLAIMS OF OPPOSING ALTERNATIVES TO REFORM DEMOCRACY: SOCIAL MOVEMENT INITIATIVES, DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY PROPOSALS AND POPULIST POLITICS. THEIR AGENDAS SHARE AN ANTIPOLITICAL CRITICISM OF REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY. THE DEBATES TESTIFY TO MORAL AND POLITICAL VOCABULARIES MALLEABILITY AND THE RHETORICAL FORCE OF THEIR CONCEPTUAL AND ARGUMENTATIVE CIVIC CONSTELLATION. EMOCRACY\POPULISM\IMMIGRATION\CITIZENSHIP\PARLIAMENT\RIGHTS\LIBERALISM\RHETORIC\CONCEPTUAL HISTORY\MORAL AND POLITICAL ARGUMENTATION
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