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John Thrasher, @ChapmanU #Philosophy Professor, wrote article "Democracy Unchained: Contractualism, Individualism, and Independence in Buchanan’s Democratic Theory" published in Homo Oeconomicus.
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December 11, 2024 at 7:32 PM
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Hi! I'm new here. I'm a former IP lawyer and current Berkeley PhD student researching #democratictheory, #epistemicrights, and #AI policy. I'm also a 2024 Graduate Fellow at the Kavli Center for Ethics, Science and the Public.
December 2, 2024 at 6:15 PM
🦋 #ScienceOfDemocracy No.129
💭 Gulay Icoz explores how this rejuvenated series challenges conventional #DemocraticTheory + opens new pathways for citizen-led innovation while raising critical questions about institutional grounding + feasibility.
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🦋 Reimagining democratic theory
Gulay Icoz explores how the rejuvenated Science of Democracy series – Science of Democracy 2.0 – challenges conventional democratic theory. Here, she explains how it opens new pathways for citizen-led...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
New in FirstView:

Waisanen & Becker push back on conflict profiteers. Americans are far less polarised than media often suggests.

Before we "bridge" divides, we need to first *reveal* the common ground that already exists.

OA: tinyurl.com/6sfrecfp

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Conflict Profiteers are Wrong: Revealing Common Ground, the Conditions for Dialogue, and the Opportunities Ahead for Bridging Differences Between Citizens | Democratic Theory | Cambridge Core
Conflict Profiteers are Wrong: Revealing Common Ground, the Conditions for Dialogue, and the Opportunities Ahead for Bridging Differences Between Citizens
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March 11, 2026 at 3:13 AM
2nd in thread:...aimed at proving oneself to be first among equals, too many people assuming that they can live off-the-grid, a tyranny of the majority in which the people who guess that their opinions are unpopular silence themselves. Well?
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April 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
My friend Anna Daily @dailytheorista.bsky.social + Stacy Simplican are editing a special issue, "Political Locations of Disability in Aspirational Fascism," for #DemocraticTheory. Due 8/28/26 #PoliticalTheory #Philosophy #DisabilityStudies #FeministTheory #Disability #PoliSky #academicsky #PolTheory
CFP: Disability in Aspirational Fascism
Democratic Theory Call for papers Special issue: Political Locations of Disability in Aspirational Fascism In this forthcoming special issue of Democratic Theory, we invite scholars to explore the “...
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July 31, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Thought — A core challenge for #DemocraticInnovations is the common gap between their utopian promises and underwhelming real-world outcomes. This expectation-reality divorce deserves deeper scholarly attention. #ParticipatoryDemocracy #DemocraticTheory
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May 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM