A core activity of decentralising internet projects has been participation, and with it the democratising potential of governing through consensus. This encounter between democratic ideals on one side and its integration into socio-technical projects on the other has had significant consequences...

This article explores diverse views on both the current challenges and limits as well as the reforms and innovations of existing democracies at the beginning of the twenty-first century. First, it argues that socioeconomic inequality, new populism, new forms of communication, and globalization...

Deliberative democrats' understanding of democracy includes both participation and discussions before making collective decisions. However, there is a tension between the particular ways they conceptualize participation (as extensive and active) and public discussions (as deliberations under the...

In diesem Beitrag werden Chantal Mouffes jüngste Interventionen für den Linkspopulismus zum Anlass für eine theoretische Reflexion über das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen Populismus und radikaler Demokratie genommen. Im Lichte der radikalen Demokratietheorien Claude Leforts, Jacques...