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Democracy and the Public space

Democracy and the Public space. Dr Maurice Mullard Malta Lectures . MEANING OF DEMOCRACY. DEMOCRACY IS BOTH AN IS AND AN OUGHT STATEMENT DEMOCRACY AN INTERACTION BETWEEN IDEALS AND REALITY HOPES AND PRAGMATISM – THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE. DEFENDING DEMOCRACY.

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Democracy and the Public space

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  1. Democracy and the Public space Dr Maurice Mullard Malta Lectures

  2. MEANING OF DEMOCRACY • DEMOCRACY IS BOTH AN IS AND AN OUGHT STATEMENT • DEMOCRACY AN INTERACTION BETWEEN IDEALS AND REALITY • HOPES AND PRAGMATISM – THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE

  3. DEFENDING DEMOCRACY • Social Policy and Welfare States – part of the optimism and the promise • Human rights • Accountability • Political parties

  4. SIX BROKEN PROMISES • PLURALISM - IMPACT OF - ORGANISED INTERESTS AND UNEQUAL ACCESS • POLITICAL ARITHMETIC - SHORT TERM EXPEDIENCY THE TYRANNY OF ELECTORAL MAJORITIES • SURVIVAL OF OLIGARCHY LEADERS AND ELITES

  5. BROKEN PROMISES • INVISIBLE POWER - THE RULE BY NOBODY • PASSIVE CITIZEN - CONSUMER SOCIETY • LIMITED SPACES FOR DEMOCRACY - LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BUREAUCRACY, PROFESSIONALS

  6. PROBLEMS WITH DEMOCRACY • How do we read the history of democracy • Born of struggles – hopes and optimism • To challenge elite power • That politics does matter

  7. DISILLUSIONMENTS • OLIGARCHY – ELITES • GLOBAL BUSINESS ELITES – DISTORT DEMOCRACY FINANCE FOR POLITICAL PARTIES • BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT • INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION IN THE POLICY PROCESS

  8. THE PASSIVE CONSUMER CITIZEN • FROM PUBLIC TO CITIZEN AS CONSUMER • POLITICS AND THE MEDIA • THE LOSS OF IDEOLOGY • THE NEW ANTI POLITICS

  9. Post democracy • Political vacuum the emergence of new social movements • New technologies blogging – the internet • The sound bite politics • Surveillance and the State

  10. POLITICAL IMAGES • Passivity and legitimacy • New Elites and income inequalities • Politics represent views • End of collectivism and class struggles

  11. THE HOPES OF DEMOCRACY • SITE - GUARANTEES DIVERSITY AND PLURALITY • AN ON-GOING PROJECT - • REDUCE ARBITRARY DECISIONS • PUTS LIMITS ON POWER - CHECKS AND BALANCES • RECOGNISE DIFFERENCE AND OPPOSITION

  12. HOPES FOR THE FUTURE • IT IS NEVER THE END OF HISTORY- THE IDEA OF THE MULTITUDE • RELEARNING HISTORIES • PROCESS NOT CAUSE AND EFFECT • NEED TO STAY THE COURSE

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