Doing Democracy Differently : Political Practices and Transnational Civil Society / Henrike Knappe

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knappe, Henrike Dr., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

democracy.

transnationalism.

deliberation.

Local Subjects:

democracy.

transnationalism.

deliberation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leverkusen Budrich UniPress 2017

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Dr. Henrike Knappe, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. (IASS) Potsdam, Germany

Summary:

Transnational civil society networks have become increasingly important democratizing actors in global politics. Still, the exploration of democracy in such networks remains conceptually and methodologically challenging. Practice theory provides a framework to study democracy as routinized performances even in contexts of fluid boundaries, temporal relations and a diffuse constituency. The author attempts to understand how new forms of democratic practice emerge in the interaction between political actors and their structural environments.

Contents:

Cover

Doing Democracy Differently. Political Practices and Transnational Civil Society

Table of Contents

Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I Conceptual Foundations of Democratic Practice in Transnational Civil Society Networks

1 Practice Theory: a New Perspective on Transnational Politics and Democracy

1.1 Defining and Changing Rules "as we go along"

1.2 Practicing Norms

1.3 Political Practice and Democratic Norms

2 Participatory and Deliberative Democracy: From Equality Norms to Argumentative Rationalities

2.1 Participatory Democracy

2.1.1 Equality and Popular Sovereignty

2.1.2 The Triad of Participation, Equality and Freedom

2.2 Deliberative Democracy

2.2.1 The Epistemic Perspective on Deliberation

2.2.2 The Participatory Claims of Deliberative Democracy

2.3 The Prospects of Participatory and Deliberative Democracy for Transnational Civil Society Networks

2.4 Conclusions

3 Representation and Democracy: Performing Control and Accountability

3.1 Authors, Personations and Organs

3.2 Democratic Norms and Forms of Representation

3.3 The Prospects of Non-electoral Representation for Transnational Civil Society Networks

3.4 Conclusions

Part II Exploring Political Practice inTwo Transnational Civil Society Networks

4 Researching Practices

4.1 Methodological Assumptions of aReconstructive Analysis

4.2 Qualitative Semi-structured Interviews

4.3 The Method of Reconstructive Analysis

4.4 The Cases

5 Political Practices in Transnational Civil Society Networks - An Exploration

5.1 A Campaign for Better Working Conditions in the Garment Industry: the CCC

5.2 A Network for Environmental Protection Worldwide: FoE

5.3 The Political Practices of Representation, Participation and Deliberation

5.4 Conclusions

6 Situated Democratic Norms.

6.1 Participatory Norms and Practices

6.2 Deliberative Norms and Practices

6.3 Representative Norms and Practices

7 Conclusions: Transnational Democratic Practice

References.

Notes:

CC BY-NC-ND

OCLC:

1076700636

Publisher Number:

9783863883126