Deliberative democracy: a critical look at the CDES case through the discourse theory

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Autor(a) principal: Vizeu, Fábio
Data de Publicação: 2008
Outros Autores: Bin, Daniel
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Revista de Administração Pública
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/rap/article/view/6626
Resumo: This article takes a critical look at how democracy is practiced today. It reflects on democracy in modern times, when the boundaries imposed by the bureaucratic state indicate the possibility of a productive development of deliberative democracy. It then observe in theory the discursive practice and its democratic potential so as to reveal to what extent the strategic direction of actions in allegedly democratic discursive spaces compromises the meaning of participatory equality. To illustrate its theoretical approach, it presents an empirical analysis of the case of Economic and Social Development Council (CDES) a forum composed by civil society and government representatives created in the beginning of the Lula administration in order to improve the participation of society in state issues. Even though the adoption of this model has represented an advance, when the democratic context is analyzed through the discourse theory there are new analytical references of the contradictions in which the democratic practice is established in these kinds of forums. The CDES case reveals a paradox: although some procedures characterize deliberative democracy, strategic orientation is recurrent.
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spelling Deliberative democracy: a critical look at the CDES case through the discourse theoryDemocracia deliberativa: leitura crítica do caso CDES à luz da teoria do discursoBrazilian public administrationdeliberative democracycommunicative action theory.administração pública brasileirademocracia deliberativateoria da ação comunicativa.This article takes a critical look at how democracy is practiced today. It reflects on democracy in modern times, when the boundaries imposed by the bureaucratic state indicate the possibility of a productive development of deliberative democracy. It then observe in theory the discursive practice and its democratic potential so as to reveal to what extent the strategic direction of actions in allegedly democratic discursive spaces compromises the meaning of participatory equality. To illustrate its theoretical approach, it presents an empirical analysis of the case of Economic and Social Development Council (CDES) a forum composed by civil society and government representatives created in the beginning of the Lula administration in order to improve the participation of society in state issues. Even though the adoption of this model has represented an advance, when the democratic context is analyzed through the discourse theory there are new analytical references of the contradictions in which the democratic practice is established in these kinds of forums. The CDES case reveals a paradox: although some procedures characterize deliberative democracy, strategic orientation is recurrent.Este artigo propõe uma leitura crítica da prática da democracia em tempos atuais. Para tanto, empreende uma reflexão sobre a democracia na modernidade, em que os limites impostos pelo Estado burocrático apontam para a possibilidade do desenvolvimento mais profícuo da democracia deliberativa. Os autores observam teoricamente a prática discursiva e seu potencial democratizante, para então desvelar em que medida a orientação estratégica da ação em espaços discursivos pretensamente democráticos compromete o sentido de igualdade participativa. Para ilustrar a abordagem teórica, analisam empiricamente o caso do Conselho de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (CDES), um fórum de debates entre representantes da sociedade civil e do governo, criado no início da gestão Lula no intuito de fomentar a participação da sociedade em questões do Estado. A despeito do avanço obtido na adoção de tal modelo, quando o contexto democrático é analisado à luz da teoria do discurso, surgem novas referências de análise das contradições nas quais se estabelece a prática democrática nesses tipos de fóruns. O caso do CDES revela um paradoxo: apesar de certos procedimentos da democracia deliberativa, é recorrente a orientação estratégica.Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV EBAPE)2008-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.fgv.br/rap/article/view/6626Brazilian Journal of Public Administration; Vol. 42 No. 1 (2008); 83 a 108Revista de Administração Pública; Vol. 42 Núm. 1 (2008); 83 a 108Revista de Administração Pública; v. 42 n. 1 (2008); 83 a 1081982-31340034-7612reponame:Revista de Administração Públicainstname:Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)instacron:FGVporhttps://periodicos.fgv.br/rap/article/view/6626/5210Vizeu, FábioBin, Danielinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2021-11-17T20:53:43Zoai:ojs.periodicos.fgv.br:article/6626Revistahttps://ebape.fgv.br/publicacoes/rapONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||rap@fgv.br1982-31340034-7612opendoar:2021-11-17T20:53:43Revista de Administração Pública - Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Deliberative democracy: a critical look at the CDES case through the discourse theory
Democracia deliberativa: leitura crítica do caso CDES à luz da teoria do discurso
title Deliberative democracy: a critical look at the CDES case through the discourse theory
spellingShingle Deliberative democracy: a critical look at the CDES case through the discourse theory
Vizeu, Fábio
Brazilian public administration
deliberative democracy
communicative action theory.
administração pública brasileira
democracia deliberativa
teoria da ação comunicativa.
title_short Deliberative democracy: a critical look at the CDES case through the discourse theory
title_full Deliberative democracy: a critical look at the CDES case through the discourse theory
title_fullStr Deliberative democracy: a critical look at the CDES case through the discourse theory
title_full_unstemmed Deliberative democracy: a critical look at the CDES case through the discourse theory
title_sort Deliberative democracy: a critical look at the CDES case through the discourse theory
author Vizeu, Fábio
author_facet Vizeu, Fábio
Bin, Daniel
author_role author
author2 Bin, Daniel
author2_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Vizeu, Fábio
Bin, Daniel
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Brazilian public administration
deliberative democracy
communicative action theory.
administração pública brasileira
democracia deliberativa
teoria da ação comunicativa.
topic Brazilian public administration
deliberative democracy
communicative action theory.
administração pública brasileira
democracia deliberativa
teoria da ação comunicativa.
description This article takes a critical look at how democracy is practiced today. It reflects on democracy in modern times, when the boundaries imposed by the bureaucratic state indicate the possibility of a productive development of deliberative democracy. It then observe in theory the discursive practice and its democratic potential so as to reveal to what extent the strategic direction of actions in allegedly democratic discursive spaces compromises the meaning of participatory equality. To illustrate its theoretical approach, it presents an empirical analysis of the case of Economic and Social Development Council (CDES) a forum composed by civil society and government representatives created in the beginning of the Lula administration in order to improve the participation of society in state issues. Even though the adoption of this model has represented an advance, when the democratic context is analyzed through the discourse theory there are new analytical references of the contradictions in which the democratic practice is established in these kinds of forums. The CDES case reveals a paradox: although some procedures characterize deliberative democracy, strategic orientation is recurrent.
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