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Papers by Palle Bech-Pedersen

Article on deliberative democracy, compromise, and consensus published in Political Studies (co-a... more Article on deliberative democracy, compromise, and consensus published in Political Studies (co-authored with Christian Carl)

ZPTh - Zeitschrift für Politische Theorie, 2023

In this article, we argue that reflective realism offers a plausible methodology that takes nonpa... more In this article, we argue that reflective realism offers a plausible methodology that takes nonparticipatory attitudes and beliefs seriously as candidates for legitimacy while simultaneously offering tools through which a critical distance on these attitudes and beliefs can be obtained. Against unmediated realism, according to which non-participatory attitudes warrant the conclusion that democracy ought to be nonparticipatory, we emphasize that they cannot serve as inputs for bottom-up legitimacy reconstructions when they are conditional upon detrimental features of the political system. In this context, we distinguish between two types of conditionality, unknown and known, and show how they necessitate two forms of critical engagement: ideology critique and a method of elicitation. Finally, we argue that Landemore’s open democracy paradigm, with some important modifications, offers a solution to the ambiguity (some citizens want to participate, some will be reluctant) that realists may encounter in their bottom-up legitimacy reconstructions since it accommodates participatory and non-participatory attitudes alike.

This article provides a critical assessment of Applbaum's free group agency account of legitimacy... more This article provides a critical assessment of Applbaum's free group agency account of legitimacy (co-authored with Finn Haberkost)

European Journal of Political Theory

In this article, I critically assess Hélène Landemore’s new model of Open Democracy.

Reviews by Palle Bech-Pedersen

A review of Cristina Lafont Unverkürzte Demokratie Eine Theorie deliberativer Bürgerbeteiligung... more A review of Cristina Lafont Unverkürzte Demokratie Eine Theorie deliberativer Bürgerbeteiligung. Berlin: Suhrkamp Verlag 2021, forthcoming in Soziopolis.

Article on deliberative democracy, compromise, and consensus published in Political Studies (co-a... more Article on deliberative democracy, compromise, and consensus published in Political Studies (co-authored with Christian Carl)

ZPTh - Zeitschrift für Politische Theorie, 2023

In this article, we argue that reflective realism offers a plausible methodology that takes nonpa... more In this article, we argue that reflective realism offers a plausible methodology that takes nonparticipatory attitudes and beliefs seriously as candidates for legitimacy while simultaneously offering tools through which a critical distance on these attitudes and beliefs can be obtained. Against unmediated realism, according to which non-participatory attitudes warrant the conclusion that democracy ought to be nonparticipatory, we emphasize that they cannot serve as inputs for bottom-up legitimacy reconstructions when they are conditional upon detrimental features of the political system. In this context, we distinguish between two types of conditionality, unknown and known, and show how they necessitate two forms of critical engagement: ideology critique and a method of elicitation. Finally, we argue that Landemore’s open democracy paradigm, with some important modifications, offers a solution to the ambiguity (some citizens want to participate, some will be reluctant) that realists may encounter in their bottom-up legitimacy reconstructions since it accommodates participatory and non-participatory attitudes alike.

This article provides a critical assessment of Applbaum's free group agency account of legitimacy... more This article provides a critical assessment of Applbaum's free group agency account of legitimacy (co-authored with Finn Haberkost)

European Journal of Political Theory

In this article, I critically assess Hélène Landemore’s new model of Open Democracy.

A review of Cristina Lafont Unverkürzte Demokratie Eine Theorie deliberativer Bürgerbeteiligung... more A review of Cristina Lafont Unverkürzte Demokratie Eine Theorie deliberativer Bürgerbeteiligung. Berlin: Suhrkamp Verlag 2021, forthcoming in Soziopolis.