Democracy as Self-Correction

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2012-2013 paper series

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Democracy as self-correction

Ivan Krastev

Bosch Public Policy Fellow


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Democracy as Self-CorrectionTransatlantic Academy Paper Series

December 2012

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Democracy as Self-Correction 1

Executive Summary

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Our societies are

more democratic

and open than

ever before

but our public

institutions are

trusted less

than ever.

Introduction

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Transatlantic Academy4

The central

political paradox

is that the key

factors that

contributed to the

democratization

of society have

also led to the

erosion of trust

in democratic

institutions.

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The clash betwe

reckless populism

from below

and shameless

manipulism

from above is

the new game

of democracy.


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The discourse

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triumphalism

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the intellectual

foundations

of modern

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regimes.

The End of History and the Birth

of the Digital World2

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Democracy is the

political regime

that best fits our

current age of

dissatisfaction.


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For the majority

people improving

democracy mean

achieving more

direct democracy


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Democracy

can lose its

capacity for self-

correction while

the democratic

faade remains

untouched.

The Crisis of Democracy?!...

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Democracy has

been turned

into a game of

chicken where

preventing the

other side from

governing is more

important than

governing yourself.


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Now our freedom

are protected

by the logic of

the market and

the established

constitutional

order and not

by our collective

power as voters.

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Democracy and the Power

of the Voter4


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Voters do not

believe that

their voice

really matters

in governing the

country even

when they agree

that elections are

free and fair.

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It is in the voters

loss of power

where the secret

of the growing

mistrust toward

democratic

institutions

derives.

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Where Has Voter Power Gone?

5


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The crisis of

democracy is jus

another name

for the decline

of citizens

driven political

reformism.

Democracy as Political Reformism

6

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