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Articles by Tetsuki Tamura
Nagoya University Journal of Law and Politics, 2021
Journal of Deliberative Democracy, 2020
This article examines Democracy without Shortcuts by Cristina Lafont, focusing on its key con... more This article examines Democracy without Shortcuts by Cristina Lafont, focusing on its key concept of self-government. Lafont’s argument and criticism of existing democratic theories in terms of the self-government perspective are very persuasive and insightful. However, this article argues that this perspective can be extended by referring to the recent development of the deliberative systems approach and considering its theoretical implications. The participatory conception of deliberative democracy argued in this book can be reconfigured by multiplying the sites of self-government.
This article rethinks the relationship between liberal and deliberative democracy through focusi... more This article rethinks the relationship between liberal and deliberative democracy through focusing on concepts such as constitutionalism, representative democracy, and public/private distinction. Finally, it contends that deliberative democracy should not necessarily be understood as a component of liberal democracy. Rather, deliberative democracy might work even without constitutionalism or representative democracy as we know.
Democratic Theory, 2014
In this article, we examine emerging new forms of democracy as something to niggle liberal democr... more In this article, we examine emerging new forms of democracy as something to niggle liberal democracy under ongoing individualization in Japan. Those democratic forms and actions are populism, deliberative mini-publics, (both left and right) protest movements, and a radical idea of internet democracy.
Japanese Political Science Review, Aug 2014
Osamu Kawasaki (ed.) Iwanami Series of Political Philosophy vol. 6: Political Philosophy and Modernity, Jun 26, 2014
This chapter examines both deliberative and participatory democracy in comparative perspective. I... more This chapter examines both deliberative and participatory democracy in comparative perspective. It clarifies commonalities and differences of both theories, considers contemporary difficulty both theories encounter, and finally points out some characteristics beyond liberal democracy which both theories involve.
Which kind of Democracy should we conceive of as normatively desirable in the era of ongoing in... more Which kind of Democracy should we conceive of as normatively desirable in the era of ongoing individualization? In this article, I compared three conceptions of democracy in terms of two normative criteria. Those conceptions of democracy are populism, "democracy 2.0" suggested by Japanese crititic Hiroki AZUMA, and deliberative democracy. After comparative consideration of those in terms of both reflection and inclusiveness, I attemts to the question how to make deliberative democracy more inclusive.
This article reconsiders three approaches in deliberative democratic theory in terms of their rel... more This article reconsiders three approaches in deliberative democratic theory in terms of their relation with the idea of "liberal democracy"; those are "two track" model by Habermas, mini-publics studies, and finally deliberative systems. Especially, they are compared in terms of two characteristics of
Conference Presentations by Tetsuki Tamura
Books by Tetsuki Tamura
Andre Bachtigher, John S. Dryzek, Jane Mansbridge and Mark E. Warren (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Deliberative Democracy, Oxford University Press, 2018
[In Japanese] This co-edited book consisits of chapters dealing with the question of what politic... more [In Japanese] This co-edited book consisits of chapters dealing with the question of what political theory is. The former part of this book collects chapters which can show varieties of political theory; analytical political philosophy (Akira inoue), political theory of politics/the political (Tetsuki Tamura), political theory as a world view (Shinji Nishiyama), and political theory on practical political discourses (Seiki Okazaki). Chapters of its latter part are contributed by scholars whose research interests are not political theory; Empirical political analysis (Masaru Kohno), political theory and history of political thought (Masataka Yasutake), philosophy of law (Yoshiki Wakamatsu), snormative economic theory (Kohichi Suga), and social theory (Kazuo Seiyama).
Papers by Tetsuki Tamura
The Annuals of Japanese Political Science Association, 2002
Nagoya University Journal of Law and Politics, 2021
Journal of Deliberative Democracy, 2020
This article examines Democracy without Shortcuts by Cristina Lafont, focusing on its key con... more This article examines Democracy without Shortcuts by Cristina Lafont, focusing on its key concept of self-government. Lafont’s argument and criticism of existing democratic theories in terms of the self-government perspective are very persuasive and insightful. However, this article argues that this perspective can be extended by referring to the recent development of the deliberative systems approach and considering its theoretical implications. The participatory conception of deliberative democracy argued in this book can be reconfigured by multiplying the sites of self-government.
This article rethinks the relationship between liberal and deliberative democracy through focusi... more This article rethinks the relationship between liberal and deliberative democracy through focusing on concepts such as constitutionalism, representative democracy, and public/private distinction. Finally, it contends that deliberative democracy should not necessarily be understood as a component of liberal democracy. Rather, deliberative democracy might work even without constitutionalism or representative democracy as we know.
Democratic Theory, 2014
In this article, we examine emerging new forms of democracy as something to niggle liberal democr... more In this article, we examine emerging new forms of democracy as something to niggle liberal democracy under ongoing individualization in Japan. Those democratic forms and actions are populism, deliberative mini-publics, (both left and right) protest movements, and a radical idea of internet democracy.
Japanese Political Science Review, Aug 2014
Osamu Kawasaki (ed.) Iwanami Series of Political Philosophy vol. 6: Political Philosophy and Modernity, Jun 26, 2014
This chapter examines both deliberative and participatory democracy in comparative perspective. I... more This chapter examines both deliberative and participatory democracy in comparative perspective. It clarifies commonalities and differences of both theories, considers contemporary difficulty both theories encounter, and finally points out some characteristics beyond liberal democracy which both theories involve.
Which kind of Democracy should we conceive of as normatively desirable in the era of ongoing in... more Which kind of Democracy should we conceive of as normatively desirable in the era of ongoing individualization? In this article, I compared three conceptions of democracy in terms of two normative criteria. Those conceptions of democracy are populism, "democracy 2.0" suggested by Japanese crititic Hiroki AZUMA, and deliberative democracy. After comparative consideration of those in terms of both reflection and inclusiveness, I attemts to the question how to make deliberative democracy more inclusive.
This article reconsiders three approaches in deliberative democratic theory in terms of their rel... more This article reconsiders three approaches in deliberative democratic theory in terms of their relation with the idea of "liberal democracy"; those are "two track" model by Habermas, mini-publics studies, and finally deliberative systems. Especially, they are compared in terms of two characteristics of
Andre Bachtigher, John S. Dryzek, Jane Mansbridge and Mark E. Warren (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Deliberative Democracy, Oxford University Press, 2018
[In Japanese] This co-edited book consisits of chapters dealing with the question of what politic... more [In Japanese] This co-edited book consisits of chapters dealing with the question of what political theory is. The former part of this book collects chapters which can show varieties of political theory; analytical political philosophy (Akira inoue), political theory of politics/the political (Tetsuki Tamura), political theory as a world view (Shinji Nishiyama), and political theory on practical political discourses (Seiki Okazaki). Chapters of its latter part are contributed by scholars whose research interests are not political theory; Empirical political analysis (Masaru Kohno), political theory and history of political thought (Masataka Yasutake), philosophy of law (Yoshiki Wakamatsu), snormative economic theory (Kohichi Suga), and social theory (Kazuo Seiyama).
The Annuals of Japanese Political Science Association, 2002
The Annuals of Japanese Political Science Association
The Annuals of Japanese Political Science Association, 2006
Democratic Theory, 2014
In this article, we examine emerging new forms of democracy as something to niggle liberal democr... more In this article, we examine emerging new forms of democracy as something to niggle liberal democracy under ongoing individualization in Japan. Those democratic forms and actions are populism, deliberative mini-publics, (both left and right) protest movements, and a radical idea of internet democracy.
The Loop (ECPR's Political Science Blog), 2021
The Annuals of Japanese Political Science Association
Paper presented at the 2018 World Congress of Political Science, International Political Science Association (IPSA), 21-25 July 2018, Brisbane, Australia, 2018
This paper examines a theoretically anticipated consequence of reconsidering deliberative dem... more This paper examines a theoretically anticipated consequence of reconsidering deliberative democracy in terms of the 'beyond talk' perspective. By revisiting some feminist critiques of the justification-centric idea of deliberation and examining political theorists' works focusing on listening and silence, this paper argues that if we taking the implications of ‘beyond talk’ as serious issues would result in a radical reconsideration of the place of justification and/or argumentation in deliberation. Deliberative democracy should be considered as a more reflection-centric one.
The Annuals of Japanese Political Science Association, 2008