ETHICAL BASES OF CONTEMPORARY DEMOCRACY MODELS: MONITORY AND POST-REPRESENTATIVE

Abstract

Democracy appears to be passing through a stage in which some
of its principles and basic structures are being redefined. Recent times
have witnessed a growing disaffection of some representative structures
–political parties, parliaments and periodical elections– and a growing demand that civil society strata
participate more. Nonetheless, few
of today’s theoretical considerations
reflect on the relation that links
citizen disaffection, participation
and new digital tools. Monitory
democracy and post-representative
democracy models are an exception
to this phenomenon, and allow us
to rethink the present and future
of democracy. The objective of this
theoretical article is to examine both
proposals in depth, and to look at
their similarities and differences
as far as understanding citizen
participation is concerned. The
interest of the present work also lies
in observing the ethical justification
that accompanies these proposals.