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@article{1117637, author = {Dufek, Pavel and Holzer, Jan}, article_number = {2}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00344893.2013.816189}, keywords = {Democracy; Democratisation; Democratic Theory; Measuring the Quality of Democracy; Empirical and Normative Approaches}, language = {eng}, issn = {0034-4893}, journal = {Representation}, title = {Democratisation of Democracy? On the Discontinuity Between Empirical and Normative Theories of Democracy}, url = {http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00344893.2013.816189}, volume = {49}, year = {2013} }
TY - JOUR ID - 1117637 AU - Dufek, Pavel - Holzer, Jan PY - 2013 TI - Democratisation of Democracy? On the Discontinuity Between Empirical and Normative Theories of Democracy JF - Representation VL - 49 IS - 2 SP - 117-134 EP - 117-134 PB - Routledge SN - 00344893 KW - Democracy KW - Democratisation KW - Democratic Theory KW - Measuring the Quality of Democracy KW - Empirical and Normative Approaches UR - http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00344893.2013.816189 N2 - The article considers the gap that exists between between normative and empirical theories of democracy. Empirical theories usually stop in their aspirations where normative theories get off the ground, that is, they take the model of liberal democracy as their normative horizon. This is a confusing situation especially with regard to the possibilities of enhancing the quality of existing liberal democracies. We argue that a simple recalibration of democracy indexes, so as to include normatively more demanding considerations, is impossible, due to certain recurring features of normative models. We conclude that if we want to be serious about bridging the gap, concessions should be made on both sides. ER -
DUFEK, Pavel and Jan HOLZER. Democratisation of Democracy? On the Discontinuity Between Empirical and Normative Theories of Democracy. \textit{Representation}. Routledge, 2013, vol.~49, No~2, p.~117-134. ISSN~0034-4893. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00344893.2013.816189.
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