Participation as Contestation: The Idea of Democracy in Philip Pettit
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The main purpose of this article is to analyze the concept of “contestatory democracy” in Philip Pettit’s arguments in favor of the republican tradition of thought. Pettit departs from a concept of liberty as non-domination towards the rethinking of the whole set of relations amongst democracy, law, and political participation. The concept of freedom is located at the center of Pettit’s political theory. To enjoy freedom in the sense of nondomination is to be able to live independent from the arbitrary will of others. That, according to Pettit, would lead us to pay more attention to those participatory means designed to the contestation of the attempts of domination of some citizens by others, and also the domination of the majority over minority groups and individual citizens. Keywords: democracy; contestation; participation; republicanism; Pettit.Downloads
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2007-08-01
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