Year: 2020
Author: Röhner, Cara
Der Staat, Vol. 59 (2020), Iss. 3 : pp. 421–450
Abstract
Moving from Representation to Democratic Equality. Political Participation and Social Inequality
Due to its historical genesis, the constitutional understanding of representative democracy is rooted in a unitary concept of representation that has not developed a vocabulary for negotiating the relationship between democracy and social inequality. However, the reconstruction of unitary and pluralistic concepts of representation shows that a modern understanding of democracy does not depend on the concept of representation. Accordingly, it is proposed to conceive a pluralistic understanding of democracy based on democratic equality. Such an understanding can be historically and socially located to justify the need for non-discriminatory access to democracy in a pluralistic society and, consequently, for guaranteed protection against discrimination. In this sense, parity laws that guarantee a non-discriminatory nomination procedure for elections are described as democratic anti-discrimination law.
You do not have full access to this article.
Already a Subscriber? Sign in as an individual or via your institution
Journal Article Details
Publisher Name: Global Science Press
Language: German
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3790/staa.59.3.421
Der Staat, Vol. 59 (2020), Iss. 3 : pp. 421–450
Published online: 2020-07
AMS Subject Headings: Duncker & Humblot
Copyright: COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press
Pages: 30
Author Details
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cara Röhner: Von Repräsentation zu demokratischer Gleichheit | 421 | ||
| Politische Teilhabe und gesellschaftliche Ungleichheit | 421 | ||
| I. Einleitung | 421 | ||
| II. Repräsentation | 425 | ||
| 1. Unitär: Repräsentation als Einheit | 425 | ||
| 2. Pluralistisch: Repräsentation als kommunikativer Prozess | 428 | ||
| Horst Dreier: Werte- und Interessenpluralismus | 429 | ||
| Friederike Wapler: gleichberechtigte Teilhabe an der demokratischen Öffentlichkeit | 421 | ||
| Iris Marion Young: soziale Perspektivität | 421 | ||
| 3. Diskussion: Demokratie statt Repräsentation – oder: von der Unmöglichkeit, das Volk zu repräsentieren | 421 | ||
| III. Demokratische Gleichheit | 421 | ||
| 1. Abstrakte Gleichheit | 421 | ||
| 2. Kontextualisierte Gleichheit | 421 | ||
| Drei Phasen der Gleichheitsentwicklung | 421 | ||
| Historischer Ausschluss und Anerkennung als politisch Gleiche | 422 | ||
| Demokratische Gleichheit als Diskriminierungsschutz | 422 | ||
| IV. Fazit: Parität als demokratisches Antidiskriminierungsrecht | 422 |