Democratic Legitimacy 1748-1832 EAN: 9781844800476

EAN: 9781844800476

including storytelling

or a purely contractual model of relationship regulation

important and persuasive' - by Raymond Williams

Democratic Legitimacy 1748-1832 EAN: 9781844800476This book offers a systematic treatment of the requirements of democratic legitimacy. It argues that democratic procedures are essential for political legitimacy because of the need to respect value pluralism and because of the learning process that democratic decision making enables. It proposes a framework for distinguishing among the different ways in which the requirements of democratic legitimacy have been interpreted. Peter then uses this