Deliberative politics is constitutive of democracy, not a regulative ideal

Evidence

Democratic elections cease to function properly, for example, when the failure to take seriously the interests of underprivileged non-voters leads to a vicious circle, or when the infrastructures of public communication disintegrate to such an extent that numbing resentment gains the upper hand over well-informed public opinions. In short, I do not see deliberative politics as an aloof ideal against which sordid reality must be measured, but as an existential presupposition of any democracy worthy of the name. — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 54

Categorization

• XREF: Turns the ‘deliberative standards as regulative ideals’ framing from the interviewer’s question on its head — a direct second-generation counterpoint to both Foucault-style and Adornian skepticism. — connects to: Deliberative democracy is agonal dissent atop constitutional consensus, not consensus-seeking talk. — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 19; Democratic elections legitimize only as outcomes of prior public deliberation, not preference aggregation — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 94; Power-legitimation must come from within democracy itself once unifying worldviews fade — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 92 (+7 more)

Related

• Democratic elections legitimize only as outcomes of prior public deliberation, not preference aggregation (similarity 0.90)
• Deliberative democracy is agonal dissent atop constitutional consensus, not consensus-seeking talk. (similarity 0.84)
• Power-legitimation must come from within democracy itself once unifying worldviews fade (similarity 0.83)
• Depolarization requires deliberation framed by deliberative-democracy conditions. (similarity 0.83)
• Deliberative legitimacy requires considerations neutral across interest groups (similarity 0.83)
• Poll-driven politics is undemocratic because it bypasses public opinion formation (similarity 0.82)
• Because election results bind all citizens, voting should proceed from joint deliberation (similarity 0.82)
• The act of public deliberation outweighs its actual argumentative content in easing conflict (similarity 0.81)
• Legitimacy requires a visible link between votes and policy, not just good results (similarity 0.81)
• Voting alone does not constitute the full work of democracy (similarity 0.81)
• Legitimacy arises from inclusion plus deliberation filtered through reasons (similarity 0.80)
• Institutionalized discursive practices can lose credibility and collapse (similarity 0.80)
• Minorities accept majority rule only under a shared constitutional consensus. (similarity 0.79)
• Neoliberal deregulation erodes democracy as politics abdicates to market pressure (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Democratic elections legitimize only as outcomes of prior public deliberation, not preference aggregation #corroborates (0.85) — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 94
• Voting alone does not constitute the full work of democracy #corroborates (0.80) — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 616
• Power-legitimation must come from within democracy itself once unifying worldviews fade #corroborates (0.75) — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 92
• The act of public deliberation outweighs its actual argumentative content in easing conflict #expands (0.75) — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 78