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ECPR General Conference Hamburg, 22 - 25 August 2018

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The Past and Future of Democratic Community: Theoretical Foundations and Institutional Challenges

Citizenship

Democracy

Institutions

Political Theory

Code:

P464

Chair(s)

Lukas Sparenborg

Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt

Panel Discussant(s)

Brian Milstein

University of Limerick

Section Political Institutions, Rules and Procedures: Perspectives from Political Theory

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Building: VMP 5, Floor: 2, Room: 2091

Saturday 09:00 - 10:40 (25/08/2018)

Abstract

Abstract: The theme of this panel is the past and future of democratic communities. It invites discussion on the theoretical foundations of democratic practices and the institutional challenges faced by democratic governments.

Title	Details
The Social Selectivity of Political Procedures	View Paper Details
Jacques Maritain, Christian Democracy and the Growth of Human Rights	View Paper Details
Public Reason as an Identifiable Signal --On How the Consensus Conception of Public Reason Solves the Assurance Problem, and How the Convergence Conception Fails	View Paper Details
The Citizen and the Abstentionist	View Paper Details
Institutional Opportunity Structures: State and Catholic Church Relations in Lithuania	View Paper Details