Non-domination requires active citizen contribution and cannot be produced by institutions alone.

Evidence

The coproduction model assumes that “consumer production is an essential complement to the efforts of regular producers,” and in the absence of this contribution, “nothing of value will result” (Parks et al. 1981, 1001-2). The coproduction of non-domination could be considered what Aligica calls “a scenario in which the inputs are interdependent and non-substitutable” (2019, 77). Aligica argues that selfgovernance could be considered as a process of coproduction (79). A similar case can be made for non-domination: in the absence of citizens fulfilling their editorial role, policies that track their common avowable interests would not be guaranteed. It is solely through this contestatory role that the prospects for freedom from domination would be enhanced. — Adelin-Costin Dumitru, Forging the Resistive Republic, 74

Categorization

  • DEFINE: Extends the coproduction concept from public goods to the political value of non-domination, characterizing citizens’ contestatory role as an interdependent, non-substitutable input.
  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Adelin-Costin Dumitru, Forging the Resistive Republic: Social…, 74
  • XREF: connects to: Freedom requires civic trust, not solitary defensive walls — Philip Pettit, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and…, 1192; Social capital enables citizens to contest policies endangering non-domination. — Adelin-Costin Dumitru, Forging the Resistive Republic: Social…, 34; Alternatives failing to address structures of domination cannot achieve abolition — Davis, Angela Y, Are Prisons Obsolete, 286 (+3 more)

Broader Connections