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S: The Market and the Forum Theories of Democratic Decision Making- Dozent/in
- Simon Scheller, M. Sc.
- Angaben
- Seminar
2 SWS
Gaststudierendenverzeichnis
Zeit und Ort: Einzeltermin am 24.6.2016, Einzeltermin am 1.7.2016, Einzeltermin am 8.7.2016, Einzeltermin am 9.7.2016 9:00 - 18:00, FMA/00.07; Bemerkung zu Zeit und Ort: Blockseminar in der zweiten Hälfte oder zum Ende der Vorlesungszeit
Vorbesprechung: 7.6.2016, 18:00 - 20:00 Uhr, Raum F21/03.80
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- The seminar will take place at the end of the lecture period / at the beginning of the lecture free period in three to four blocked sessions. The exact dates of the seminar will be specified in the preparatory session, where also a detailed seminar outline will be provided. The seminar language is English [Do not worry about that it s a really good exercise and not as difficult as you may think].
Beginn der Anmeldung in FlexNow (unter Prüfungen): 01.04.2016, 10:00 Uhr
Späteste An-/Abmeldung: 12.06.2016, 23:59 Uhr
- Inhalt
- The all-encompassing question of this seminar is: Why should groups make decisions democratically? In political philosophy, there are two main answers to that question.
First, the market view (as labeled by Elster) sees democratic decision making as a means to aggregate individual preferences. Stating this claim in its simplest form: We make decisions democratically because fair procedures lead to fair outcomes. Yet, Scholars like Arrow and Riker have argued that this is theoretically impossible or at least has severe difficulties to overcome. More specifically, voting rules can be shown to be manipulable, arbitrary and instable.
In the wake of this criticism from the social choice literature, democratic theory is said to have taken an deliberative turn, leading to the forum view on democracy. This second branch of democratic theory argues that we make decisions democratically for their epistemic value. In simple terms, groups deliberate about and vote on issues because this improves the outcomes of those procedures; Through the wisdom of the crowds, decisions are better informed and hence better for everybody. Despite the fact that scholars such as Habermas have underlined the ideal value of democracy, deliberation can be quite messy in practice. Oftentimes, ideal discourse and deliberative practice diverge dramatically. Even among fully rational agents, phenomena such as information cascades undermine the epistemic value of democratic procedures, exemplifying how opinion dynamics can be detrimental to democratic procedures.
The main goal of this seminar is to provide students with a thorough theoretical understanding of the main arguments of both schools of democratic decision making theory just described. It envisages the functioning and merits of voting and deliberation procedures, but also its pitfalls. Many examples and practical exercises will accompany theoretical models. Therefore, although a somewhat formal perspective on these theories will be provided, applicability and interpretation will always be in the focus of discussion.
- Zusätzliche Informationen
- Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 25
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- Institution: Lehrstuhl für Politikwissenschaft, insbes. Politische Theorie
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