The Boundary Problem in Democratic Theory Draft 041022 @inproceedings{Arrhenius2004TheBP, title={The Boundary Problem in Democratic Theory Draft 041022}, author={G. Arrhenius}, year={2004} } 1 (2012): 39-68, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law; University of California, Berkeley - Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law. In a recent turn, many democratic theorists have advanced the principles of affected interests and coercion as the basis for defining the boundaries of democracy. 39 – 68. Contemporary Political Theory … Corpus ID: 15551896. Song, Sarah. Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, CA, USA E-mail: [email protected] Democracy is rule by the demos, but by what criteria is the demos constituted? Each of these views can be (re)interpreted in such a way that it offers a democratic solution to the boundary problem. New York: Oxford University Press. Democracy is rule by the demos, but by what criteria is the demos constituted? Description. All listed readings show where the selections are taken from. 39 – 68. The second option, therefore, is to bring values that form part of democratic theory itself to bear on the boundary problem. University of Virginia, 120 Cocke Hall, Charlottesville, VA, 22904‐4780 USA. Democracy is not merely a set of procedures; it also consists of substantive values and principles. According to these principles, it is not co-nationals or fellow citizens but all affected or all subjected to coercion who constitute the demos. Kevin Olson - 1998 - Constellations 5 (2):215-233. Answer to following problem: “men would be, prior to the advent of laws, what they ought to become by means of laws” (164) B. Sarah Song is a political theorist with a special interest in issues of democracy, citizenship, migration, multiculturalism, and inequality. 1 (2012): 39-68 ... many democratic theorists have advanced the principles of affected interests and coercion as the basis for defining the boundaries of democracy. login. Song, Sarah. Democracy is rule by the demos, but by what criteria is the demos constituted? In a recent turn, many democratic theorists have advanced the principles of affected interests and coercion as the basis for defining the boundaries of democracy. Author Song, Sarah (Berkeley Law) Date 2012-03. The Atlantic covers news, politics, culture, technology, health, and more, through its articles, podcasts, videos, and flagship magazine. You are currently offline. The point is that a decision made with a democratic decision method by a certain group of people doesn’t suffice for making the decision democratic or satisfactory from a democratic perspective. From Hugo Chávez in Venezuela to Geert Wilders in the Netherlands and Sarah Palin in the US, populist leaders claim to offer more power to ‘the people’. Song, Sarah. My argument proceeds as follows. Keywords: boundaries, democracy, demos, political equality, solidarity, affected interests, coercion, territory, Suggested Citation: Issues in Democratic Theory Ian Shapiro Fall, 2005 Tues 3:30-5:20 ... • Hayward, Clarissa. ISBN 9780190909222. Keywords Law. 1 (2012): 39–68. Political equality is a constitutive condition of democracy, and solidarity is an instrumental condition of democracy. The focus of this project will be on the democratic boundary problem: who should have a right to take part in which decisions? ocratic theory and practice, but that democratic theory itself offers no clear guidance on the matter. In this paper, I argue that these recent approaches to the boundary problem are insufficiently attentive to the conditions of democracy. Global political legitimacy beyond justice and democracy? International Theory, Vol. A. John Simmons. Theorists of democracy have tended to assume that the demos is properly defined by national boundaries or by the territorial boundaries of the modern state. Building on this critique, this paper presents democratic considerations for why the demos should be bounded by the territorial boundaries of the state, grounded in the state’s role in (1) securing the constitutive conditions of democracy, (2) serving as the primary site of solidarity conducive to democratic participation, and (3) establishing clear links between representatives and their constituents. E-mail address: ajs7m@virginia.edu. Song, Sarah. I examine and reject a third alternative, a global demos bounded by a world state, and conclude by considering some practical implications of my argument. Be lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray. In order to fill this gap in social contract theory, a distinction is made between three kinds of contract views: Lockean political voluntarism, contractarianism, and contractualism. 4, No. The boundary problem, or the demos problem as it is also called, is of both practical and theoretical importance for democratic theory. 1 (2012): 39-68, Available at SSRN: If you need immediate assistance, call 877-SSRNHelp (877 777 6435) in the United States, or +1 212 448 2500 outside of the United States, 8:30AM to 6:00PM U.S. Eastern, Monday - Friday. If you found a set of readings particularly Song, Sarah, The Boundary Problem in Democratic Theory: Why the Demos Should Be Bounded by the State (2012). 2 reviews Justice, Gender and the Politics of Multiculturalism explores the tensions that arise when culturally diverse democratic states pursue both justice for religious and cultural minorities and justice for women. Search Personalize. Whelan's claim that the boundary problem is ‘insoluble within the framework of democratic theory’ rests on a similarly narrow view of democracy (1983, 16): [T]he boundary problem is one matter of collective decision that cannot be decided democratically… This trinity provides a common definition of the state in constitutional legal theory (e.g. The affected interests and coercion principles create serious problems for the realization of these conditions — problems of size and stability. Menu. Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority the boundary problem in democratic theory, we see democratic reasons for why the demos ought to be bounded by the territorial state. What might these be? "Sarah Song's Justice, Gender, and the Politics of Multiculturalism is an exciting intervention in the field of multiculturalism and gender justice that has longstanding implications for both political theorists and policy experts alike...an excellent contribution" Jinee Lokaneeta, Law and Politics Book Review Song 2009: 608). The Boundary Problem in Democratic Theory: Why the Demos Should Be Bounded by the State. Some features of the site may not work correctly. All Categories; Metaphysics and Epistemology Democracy is rule by the demos, but by what criteria is the demos constituted? Democratic Authority and the Boundary Problem. The boundary problem in democratic theory: why the demos should be bounded by the state SARAH SONG Department of Political Science, U.C. International Theory, Vol. “ The Boundary Problem in Democratic Theory: Why the Demos Should be Bounded by the State.” International Theory 4 (1): 39–68. If nothing else, all the different notions of democracy have one thing in common: a reference to a community of individuals, “a people ” who are, in some sense, International Theory, Vol. Jellinek 1929). Semantic Scholar is a free, AI-powered research tool for scientific literature, based at the Allen Institute for AI. The Federalist is a web magazine focused on culture, politics, and religion. To learn more, visit Crossref Google Scholar; Steiner, Jürg, André Bächtiger, Markus Spörndli, and Marco Steenbergen. Title The Boundary Problem in Democratic Theory: Why the Demos Should Be Bounded by the State. The difficulties posed by controversies regarding boundaries thus present an impor tant practical limit to the scope of democracy as a method of making collective decisions.1 Mention of boundary problems suggests territorial disputes Theorists of democracy have tended to assume that the demos is properly defined by national boundaries or by the territorial boundaries of the modern state. 4, No. In the first section, I briefly consider early discussions of the boundary problem in order to show the norma-tively impoverished conception of democracy underlying the argument Nili, Shmuel. 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However, most scholars argue that populism is in fact a democratic pathology, because it seeks to … Most democrats, even nationalists and cosmopolitans, delimit the demos by relying on territorial ... derstand legitimacy in democratic theory (Canovan 2005; the people a function of territorial jurisdictions. “Binding Problems, Boundary Problems: The Trouble with Democratic Citizenship,” “The Difference States Make: Democracy, ... Sarah Song • Kymlicka, Will. Elsewhere I have argued that this will depend on the conception of democracy that we favour, on a spectrum … Democratic Inequalities: The Problem of Equal Citizenship in Habermas's Democratic Theory. Others insist that governments have the right to unilaterally close their borders and should do so. Qualities of the legislator: extra-constitutional, quasi-divine, foreign C. Methods of the legislator to persuade “an emerging people” to appreciate “the sound maxims 2012. Syntax; Advanced Search; New. • Immigration and Democracy. 2. One of the enduring problems in democratic theory is its inability to specify who should belong to the demos. Theorists of democracy have tended to assume that the demos is properly defined by national boundaries or by the territorial boundaries of the modern state. Liberalism and the Problem of Poverty. All new items; Books; Journal articles; Manuscripts; Topics. the boundary problem in democratic theory, is an increasingly pressing political problem in a globalized world. political equality, see Sara Song, “The boundary problem in democratic theory: why the demos should be bounded by the state”, International Theory 4, No. In recent years, several scholars have been arguing that democratic theory should try to overcome this “boundary problem” through different kinds of global reform. In a recent turn, many democratic theorists have advanced the principles of affected interests and coercion as the basis for defining the boundaries of democracy. 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