Die politische Theorie der Deliberation: Jürgen Habermas

Schaal, Gary S.; Strecker, David

doi:10.1007/978-3-322-97432-7_4

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“…Besides, the flow of arguments is only one out of two preconditions for the evolution of argumentation as the structure of interaction and consensual outcomes. While the normative discourse theory regards access and voice as important variables, furthering discourse (Habermas 1976;1985;Schaal & Strecker 1999), it overlooks the other side of the coin. A high number of participants increase the heterogeneity among the actors.…”

Section: The Differential Impact Of Institutional Variables In Imentioning

confidence: 97%

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More Arguing Than Bargaining? The Institutional Designs of the European Convention and Intergovernmental Conferences Compared

Panke

2006

Journal of European Integration

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Overall, the Nice Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) was not a story of success in deepening integration. Therefore, all hopes shifted to the European Convention. According to a widely shared expectation in the constructivist literature, the Convention's institutional design facilitates argumentative discourses and consensus outcomes above lowest common denominator solutions. Rationalist approaches, on the other hand, assume for all institutional settings that bargaining is conducive to compromise, often close to lowest common denominator outcomes. This article theoretically assesses the impact of institutional variables on dynamics of interactions and illustrates its claims empirically. Based on a bridge-building approach between rationalists and constructivism, it identifies scope conditions under which polity and policy variables are conducive to argumentation and consensus or to bargaining and compromise. It concludes that the most prominent constructivist institutional variables, such as transparency or plurality of actors, were less important for the achievements of the European Convention than policy variables. The comparison of institutional designs reveals that Conventions are even less conducive to argumentative dynamics than Intergovernmental Conferences.

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Section: The Differential Impact Of Institutional Variables In Imentioning

confidence: 97%

“…6. The Habermasian discourse theory aims at the development of propositions about ideal decisionmaking procedures for modern societies, as procedures allowing for deliberation and thus for legitimate outcomes (Habermas 1983;Schaal & Strecker 1999).…”

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confidence: 99%