Notes for a regrounding of democracy
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https://doi.org/10.46661/revintpensampolit.6065Keywords:
democracy, constituent, self-determination, republicanism, deliberationismAbstract
From a normative and interdisciplinary approach, a critique of liberal-representative democracy is made based on the principal-agent model, which entails identifying a conflict of political interest that vitiates representative government. It is then shown how this conflict, in different versions, appears in theories of political science, public administration and law, and that its resolution repeatedly implies a certain separation of powers. Based on this analysis, a new foundation for democracy is proposed, consisting of direct popular ownership of the political system, which can be institutionalized in a Citizens’ Power.
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