Conceptual Foundations Of Deliberative Democracy

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the analysis of theoretical foundations of deliberative model of democracy that is formed on the basis of synthesis of traditionally opposing approaches to research of democracy — liberal political philosophy (J. Rawls) and critical social theory (J. Habermas). Special attention is paid to the problems of testing of normative requirements to the public discourse as the basis of deliberative process.

Keywords

• агонистический плюрализм
• базисная справедливость
• делиберативная демократия
• коммуникативная рациональность
• нормативный порядок
• публичный дискурс