Participation as Contestation: The Idea of Democracy in Philip Pettit

Authors

  • Ricardo Silva Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/%25x

Abstract

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.

Author Biography

Ricardo Silva, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Possui graduação em Ciências Econômicas pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (1988) , mestrado em Ciência Política pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP (1992) e doutorado em Ciências Sociais também pela UNICAMP (1998). Realizou estágio de pós-doutorado, na área de teoria política, na University of California at Berkeley (2005-2006). Atualmente é professor associado da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina e editor do periódico Politica & Sociedade (1677-4140) do Programa de Pós-graduação em Sociologia Política da UFSC. É coordenador do NEPP/UFSC - Núcleo de Estudos do Pensamento Político da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Tem experiência na área de Ciência Política, com ênfase em Atitude e Ideologias Políticas e Teoria Política Contemporânea, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: metodologias para o estudo da história do pensamento político, pensamento político brasileiro, sociologia política e teorias da ideologia.

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Published

2007-08-01

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 11 (2007)

Section

Special Issue 1 - Sociology and sociologists in Latin America: research, teaching, and interdisciplinarity in contemporary context

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