Democracia deliberativa y teoría democrática: una revisión del valor de la deliberación pública

Abstract

DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY IS A GUIDELINE MODEL OF POLITICS THAT ASPIRES TO DEEPEN INTO DEMOCRACY ON THE BASIS OF A PUBLIC REASONING PRINCIPLE AMONG CITIZENS. THE AIM OF THIS PAPER IS TO IDENTIFY THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH DELIBERATIVE POLITICS CAN MEET SUCH EX-PECTATION. RATHER THAN AN INTRINSIC VALUE, AN INSTRUMENTAL VALUE OF DELIBERATION IS PROPOSED, AS WELL AS THREE NORMATIVE PRINCIPLES WHICH FULFILL A REGULATION FUNCTION OF DELIBERATIVE PROCESSES. THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY DELIBERATION ARE ANALYZED VIS-À-VIS TWO CHALLENGES FACED BY DEMOCRACY: A) THE COHERENCE OF COLLECTIVE DECISIONS BASED ON INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCES AGGREGATION; AND B) THE LIMITS SET TO ELECTORAL ACCOUNTABILITY.