On the prospects for democratic deliberation: Values analysis applied to Australian politics

被引:37
作者
Dryzek, JS [1 ]
Braithwaite, V
机构
[1] Univ Melbourne, Dept Polit Sci, Parkville, Vic 3052, Australia
[2] Australian Natl Univ, Res Sch Social Sci, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
关键词
values; discourses; democracy; Q methodology; Australian politics;
D O I
10.1111/0162-895X.00186
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
Democratic theorists increasingly stress that democratic legitimacy rests primarily on authentic deliberation. Critics of deliberative democracy believe that this hope is unrealistic-that deliberation either will prove intractable across political differences or will exacerbate instability,. This paper deploys some tools of political psychology notably Q methodology and values analysis, to investigate the conditions under which effective deliberation is likely to occur. These tools are applied to contemporary political debates in Australia, concerned,vith how the Australian polity should be constituted in light of a reform agenda underpinned by a discourse we term "Inclusive Republicanism." An investigation of the character of the basic value commitments associated with discursive positions in these debates shows that some differences will yield to deliberation, but others will not. When two discourses subscribe to different value bases, deliberation will induce reflection and facilitate positive-sum outcomes. When a discourse has a value base but finds its specific goals opposed by a competitor that otherwise has no value base of its own, deliberation will be ineffective. When one discourse subscribes to a value base that another questions, but without providing an alternative, deliberation can help to bridge idealism and cynicism.
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