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Me the people: how populism transforms democracy/ Nadia Urbinati.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index.In this study of populist politics, Nadia Urbinati argues that populism is best understood as a new form of representative government, based on an unmediated relationship between a leader and those in society whom the leader defines as the "true" people. Leaders of oppositional populist movements gain popularity by taking advantage of a discontent with rule by political elites. Party elites are cast as a homogenous political class who favor their own interests at the expense of ordinary people. Populist leaders who attain office thus face the following puzzle: they must exercise political power without themselves appearing to become part of the political elite. To solve this puzzle, Urbinati argues, populist rulers claim to represent the people by a process of embodiment or incarnation. This form of "direct representation" allows the populist leader both to bypass intermediary bodies, such as political parties, and to avoid any claims of accountability or responsibility. The populist dependence on the will of the leader, along with its willingness to exclude minorities from consideration, renders populist forms of democracy inherently unstable and opens a path to authoritarianism.--Introduction: A new form of representative government -- From antiestablishment to antipolitics -- The true people and its majority -- The leader beyond parties -- Direct representation -- Epilogue: A dead end?.1 online resource
Sociedade civil, democracia e neoliberalismo: uma entrevista com Nádia Urbinati
No full textTrata-se de entrevista feita com a professora Nadia Urbinati, em outubro de 2017, na Universidade de Columbia, Nova York. São abordadas questões sobre a origem, conceituação e fundamentos da Sociedade Civil, bem como seu desenvolvimento em meio a consolidação dos estados democráticos no Ocidente ao longo dos séculos XIX e XX. No cenário atual, discute-se como a ascensão do neoliberalismo como ideário hegemônico de gestão macroeconômica e organização do Estado e, consequentemente, a queda do Estado de Bem-estar social, são determinantes para as crises democráticas e de representação experienciadas nas duas primeiras décadas do século XXI. As reflexões de Nadia Urbinati remetem a imaginação para novas formas de organização da sociedade civil que contemplem o cidadão e a cidadania de modo institucionalizado no Estado, nas políticas públicas e nos próprios partidos, de modo que a representação e a participação dos interesses sociais se façam presentes
Nadia Urbinati, Representative Democracy. Principles and Genealogy
No full textPourtois Hervé. Nadia Urbinati, Representative Democracy. Principles and Genealogy. In: Revue Philosophique de Louvain. Troisième série, tome 108, n°4, 2010. pp. 771-774
Recensione a Nadia Urbinati, Democracy Disfigured, Harvard University Press 2014
No full textRecensione al volume di Nadia Urbinati sui contemporanei 'sfiguramenti' della democrazia
Democracy disfigured : opinion, truth, and the people / Nadia Urbinati.
No full texteconomic&political bookfair2016Includes bibliographical references and index.307 p.
Idea of Political Equality in Democratic Thought of Nadia Urbinati and Jeffrey Green
No full textThis bachelor thesis is focussed on political equality in democratic thought of Nadia Urbinati and Jeffrey Edward Green. Both authors understand unequal share of political power between citizens as a one of the most significant problems of current liberal democracies. However, each of them approaches the problem differently. Green understands the unequal access to decision power as a today's reality of contemporary democracies that is only hardly going to change. With his concept of ocular democracy, he seeks new ways of popular empowerment. Nadia Urbinati is defending her conception of democracy as a diarchy, which is a political arrangement based on separation of two types of civil power, will and opinion. In her theoretical work, Urbinati tries to combine the reality of today's mass societies with the democratic ideals. The bachelor thesis is focused on these two approaches. First is introduced Green's theory (including the contextual and historic background of his theoretical approach). Secondly the theory of Nadia Urbinati is presented. Conclusion of the work represents a brief reflection about the particularity of both approaches and their importance to contemporary theory of democracy. Keywords: Jeffrey Edward Green, Nadia Urbinati, political equality, ocular democracy, plebiscitary...Bakalářská práce se zabývá problematikou politické rovnosti v demokratickém myšlení Jeffreyho Greena a Nadii Urbinati. Oba autoři rozpoznávají nerovný podíl na politické moci mezi občany jako jeden ze závažných problémů současných liberálních demokracií. Každý však k problematice přistupuje odlišným způsobem, Green chápe nerovnoměrný přístup k moci rozhodovat jako těžko měnitelnou skutečnost masových demokracií a skrze jeho koncepci okulární demokracie ukazuje alternativní způsoby, jak zapojit občany do politického dění. Nadia Urbinati oproti tomu hájí procedurální koncepci demokracie jako diarchie, uspořádání, ve kterém každý občan disponuje dvěma formami moci, vůlí a míněním. Ve své práci se Urbinati snaží ukázat jak, lze skloubit realitu masových společností s demokratickými ideály. Bakalářská práce se zaměřuje na tyto dva zmíněné přístupy ke krizi politické rovnosti. Nejdříve je v práci představena teorie Jeffreyho Greena (včetně jejího teoretického a historického kontextu) a následně teorie Nadii Urbinati. Závěr práce představuje krátká úvaha o specifičnosti jednotlivých přístupů a jejich významu pro teorii demokracie. Klíčová slova: Jeffrey Edward Green, Nadia Urbinati, politická rovnost, okulární demokracie, plebiscitarismus, diarchieÚstav politologieInstitute of Political ScienceFaculty of ArtsFilozofická fakult
Idea of Political Equality in Democratic Thought of Nadia Urbinati and Jeffrey Green
No full textThis bachelor thesis is focussed on political equality in democratic thought of Nadia Urbinati and Jeffrey Edward Green. Both authors understand unequal share of political power between citizens as a one of the most significant problems of current liberal democracies. However, each of them approaches the problem differently. Green understands the unequal access to decision power as a today's reality of contemporary democracies that is only hardly going to change. With his concept of ocular democracy, he seeks new ways of popular empowerment. Nadia Urbinati is defending her conception of democracy as a diarchy, which is a political arrangement based on separation of two types of civil power, will and opinion. In her theoretical work, Urbinati tries to combine the reality of today's mass societies with the democratic ideals. The bachelor thesis is focused on these two approaches. First is introduced Green's theory (including the contextual and historic background of his theoretical approach). Secondly the theory of Nadia Urbinati is presented. Conclusion of the work represents a brief reflection about the particularity of both approaches and their importance to contemporary theory of democracy. Keywords: Jeffrey Edward Green, Nadia Urbinati, political equality, ocular democracy, plebiscitary..
Le sfide alla democrazia rappresentativa e lo spettro del populismo. Una riflessione con Nadia Urbinati
No full textColloquio con Nadia Urbinati su democrazia, populismo, crisi della politica fra sociologia politica e filosofia politica
Sobre o populismo em Ernesto Laclau e Nadia Urbinati: lógica da política ou desfiguração da democracia?
No full textContemporary populism has presented relevant debates among political theorists, such as Ernesto Laclau, with his discourse theory linked to psychoanalysis, defending the idea that populism represents the logic of politics; and Nadia Urbinati, who understands populism as the disfiguration of democracy. The highlight of this clash of ideas leads to the analysis of an important character for populism: the populist leader. If for Laclau the notion of empty signifier expresses the collective subject in the person of the leader, as a result of the logic of equivalence and the logic of difference between the different social demands, for Urbinati the populist leader uses the democratic regime to achieve anti-democratic ends, humiliating part of the population that differ from him. The aim of this article is to analyze both conceptions and, from the confrontation of these perspectives on populism, to present a hypothesis based on psychoanalysis about what leads individuals to support an authoritarian political representation.O populismo contemporâneo tem suscitado profícuos debates entre os teóricos políticos, tais como Ernesto Laclau, com a sua teoria do discurso atrelada à psicanálise, defendendo a ideia de que o populismo representa a lógica da política; e Nadia Urbinati, que compreende o populismo como a desfiguração da democracia. O desdobramento deste embate de ideias levará à análise de uma figura importante para o populismo: o líder populista. Se para Laclau a noção de significante vazio expressa o sujeito coletivo na figura do líder, resultado da lógica da equivalência e da diferença entre as diversas demandas sociais, para Urbinati o líder populista utiliza o regime democrático para atingir fins antidemocráticos, aviltando a parte da população que dele diverge. Pretende-se neste artigo analisar ambas as concepções e, a partir do confronto destas perspectivas sobre o populismo, apresentar uma hipótese de base psicanalítica sobre o que conduz os indivíduos a apoiarem uma representação política autoritária
Book review: Me the people: how populism transforms democracy by Nadia Urbinati
No full textIn Me the People: How Populism Transforms Democracy, Nadia Urbinati examines populism as a form – and deformation – of representative democracy. This is a rich work, brimming with ideas about the nature of representative government, how we conceive of it and how populism interacts with these, writes Ben Margulies, and is recommended to university students and scholars seeking to learn more about democratic and populist theory
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