Democracy: Bridging Facts and Norms (democracyNet.eu)
Democracy is studied from a wide variety of approaches. Yet, the different discourses on democracy offered by these disciplines seem to be drifting apart, missing opportunities to gain from each other. The reason for this situation might lie in the fact that many questions about how to relate one discipline to another are rarely discussed explicitely. Linked to an event series organized by young researchers members of the association DemocracyNet.eu in 2015-16 at the University of Zurich, this series of podcasts is meant as an opportunity to discuss openly and informally about these - and other - questions. Democracy: Bridging Facts and Norms gathers the different perspectives of advanced scholars on the question of how to brige (normative) political theory and empirical political science. What should the relation between political theory and empirical political science research on democracy be like? Should we ‘compromise’ on ideals when we assess the quality of real-existing democracies? What role should democracy scholars play in public discussions, and what are their responsibilities? More information on the project and the event series on our homepage www.democracynet.eu
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- Democracy is studied from a wide variety of approaches. Yet, the different discourses on democracy offered by these disciplines seem to be drifting apart, missing opportunities to gain from each other. The reason for this situation might lie in the fact that many questions about how to relate one discipline to another are rarely discussed explicitely. Linked to an event series organized by young researchers members of the association DemocracyNet.eu in 2015-16 at the University of Zurich, this series of podcasts is meant as an opportunity to discuss openly and informally about these - and other - questions. Democracy: Bridging Facts and Norms gathers the different perspectives of advanced scholars on the question of how to brige (normative) political theory and empirical political science. What should the relation between political theory and empirical political science research on democracy be like? Should we ‘compromise’ on ideals when we assess the quality of real-existing democracies? What role should democracy scholars play in public discussions, and what are their responsibilities? More information on the project and the event series on our homepage www.democracynet.eu
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- 2017-02-15 14:11
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| 2017-02-15 | Maija Setälä, Professor of political science at the University of Turku, shares her perspective as both a political theorist and an experimental political scientist on the question of the relation between empirical and normative research in (deliberati... |
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| 2016-10-10 | Daniel Kübler, Associate Professor for Democracy and Public Governance at the University of Zurich, has a great experience of interdisciplinary research projects – as a researcher and as the director of the research project NCCR Democracy and of the Ce... |
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| 2016-10-09 | How to make empirical and theoretical research “cross-fertilize”? What can political theorists contribute in interdisciplinary research? And how should they react when their ideas are ‘misused’ in politics? Miriam Ronzoni, Senior Lecturer in Political ... |
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| 2016-10-09 | “The political theory that I write is not intended as an authoritative announcement. It is intended as an invitation to a conversation.” Joseph Carens, Professor of political science at the University of Toronto, accepted to share his own approach to p... |
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| 2016-10-09 | Joseph Carens, Professor of political science at the University of Toronto, told us about his academic path – and we thought we’d share this fascinating story too. |
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| 2016-10-09 | What are the aims of political theory? How should political theorists select their assumptions about real-existing societies? What kind of responsibilities towards the broader public do they have, especially for research on democracy? David Miller, Pro... |
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| 2016-10-09 | What should the relation between political theory and empirical political science research on democracy be like? Should we ‘compromise’ on ideals when we assess the quality of real-existing democracies? What role should democracy scholars play in publi... |
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| 2016-10-09 |
Philippe Van Parijs on “Democracy: Bridging Facts and Norms” What role do political philosophers have in democratic societies? Can normative theories harm? And how to avoid it? Philippe Van Parijs, Professor at the Hoover Chair of economic and social ethics, accepted to share his perspective on these and other q... |
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