In this article I argue that there are grounds for considering agonistic democracy and
participatory democracy complementarity in order to institutionalize agonism which has thus …

In recent years there has been a growth in literature attempting to relate the political analysis
of Northern Ireland with contemporary themes in democratic theory. These contributions …

Issues relating to diversity and pluralism continue to permeate both social and political
discourse. Of particular contemporary importance and relevance are those issues raised …

Most attempts to make sense of liberalism as a unified tradition have focused on its
theoretical foundations or normative commitments. This paper rejects that approach by …

Abstract Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe's post-Marxist framework, which places
centrality upon the concept of political hegemony as a form of “failed totality”, is the object of …

The catalyst for this thesis is the current debate addressing the nature and practice of liberal
democracies. Many critics have argued that liberal democracies are failing their constituents …

This study discerns political resistance from everyday resistance and then develops on a
distinction between a morally and politically justifiable resistance and the kind that is not …

T his chapter approaches policing as a purposeful modulation of practice toward a specific
goal. Locating policing within a field of practices people create and engage in as they seek …

This article departs from the claim that the fading respect for rights is the most troublesome
feature of the current condition of liberal democracy. A background assumption is that …