The Inspiration of Rousseau’s Political Theory to Modern Participatory Democracy Theory: the Analysis of Cole, Pateman, and Barber’s Political Theory
Date Issued
2009
Date
2009
Author(s)
Hsiao, Yi-Hsin
Abstract
Direct democracy and representative democracy are definitely in the extreme ends of the political spectrum, when talking to the imagination about political institutions. Due to the complexities and amounts of public affair, representative democracy becomes the most popular political institution. However, when representative democracy is over-developed, the ignorance of public actions is not only retarded the self-development of citizens, but also harmful to the stability of the political institutions. Among the critics of representative democracy, Jean-Jacques Rousseau is the most outstanding one. His direct democracy greatly influence latter scholars and politicians. So I try to observe the political theories of G. D. H. Cole, Carole Pateman and Benjamin Barber, to see how and to what degree they are influenced by Rousseau. Hoping these forms of participatory democracy: workplace democracy, Guild Socialism and Strong Democracy, can inspire modern people to think about a kind of different political institution which can allow citizens to care more, participate more.
Subjects
Rousseau
Participatory Democracy
Self-management
Political Efficacy
Guild Socialism
Strong Democracy
Type
thesis
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