Democracies, paradoxes and populism-as-one: the fake dilemmas
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2023
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Sanz Moreno, José Antonio, “Democracies, Paradoxes and Populism-As-One: the Fake Dilemmas”, en Fernández Riveira, Rosa María, y Sánchez Navarro, Ángel, Reflections for Quality Democracy in a Technological Age, Thomson Reuters-Aranzadi, Minor Cizur-Navarra, 2023: 65-97.
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Hay versión electrónica. ISBN digital: 978-84-1391-716-0. ISBN papel + digital: 978-84-1391-717-7.
Summary: I. Populist’s sin on democratic reason. II Democracies or populism. III. Paradoxes and Constitutionalism. IV. Populism as Popular Theology (People’s Voice, God’s Will). V. Desperate Coda. Building Plural Democracies against the Last Redemption. VI. Bibliography. “Our constitutional identity in this populist era demands a redefinition of what is Democracy and what are the values and limits of Popular Will. And to my mind, in order to capture the theoretical complexity of such a vital debate, populist rise could be seen as the new theological representation of We, the People-as-One: unlimited power without checks and balances (“democracy” of identity, by Carl Schmitt) against the rule of democratic constitutionalism as limitation of all power (procedural democracy under intangible values and rights, as a reformulation of Kelsen’s theory). We ought to analyze the populist reason and, starting from the leftist discourse and its popular articulation, nothing better than criticizing the post-Marxist thought of Laclau and Mouffe; furthermore, moving above the left vs. right axis, we will have to explore the acclamation of Schmittian decisionism and the forgetfulness of Kelsenian normativism (p. 65) (…). In short, the exclusive source of political legitimacy cannot be the People/Populist-as-One, but people-as-plural/citizenship. Very easy to say, but a very poor slogan to win the next electoral round and, even less so, this life-or-death war for democracies. So, we are lost in translation over the popular legitimation. And we already know the plot of this b-Serie remake: the last redemption, for more and more people, is this populist post-truth empire. Or paraphrasing freely the New Testament: “People do not live on truth alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of a true leader, the chosen one as total maker of the People’s will”. And to be sure, without a better redistribution of “bread” in the actual global (dis)order, we will not be able to defend our democracies against so many fake friends who base their tyrannical buildings, through the popular theology of populism, on the deception of the masses. Here, they are: We the People-as-Me, the Ruler and Dictator” (p. 90).
Red de Bibliotecas Universitarias (REBIUN). - Resumen General del Libro: This book reflects the enormous issues and concerns that have emerged amid our societies as consequence of the permanent interaction between Technology and Democracy. Classical participation process in public matters ¡s now a different and renewed participation. The classical right to be informed is now redesigned, provoking new scenarios and additional circumstances. Traditional parliaments are working with technology, but this relevant change can’t interfere over representation, legislation, oversight upon the executives, or any other parliamentary functions. Additionally, the electoral process is also changing, the technology has positive and negative influences over it. All of them should be thought and reflected. Any improvement upon the classical right to vote must guarantee the best quality of Democracy. The three parts in which this work is divided, try to offer tools, reflections and proposals to continue paving the long way of our Democracy of course assuring its highest quality. - CONTENT: I. SOCIETY, CITIZEN´S PARTICIPATION AND SOCIAL NETWORKS: First Interview, José Luis Piñar Mañas29-38; Disinformation in elections and threats to democracy, Rafael Rubio Núñez, 39-50; Social platforms, content moderation and elections. The role of electoral authorities, Jordi Barrat i Esteve, 51-64; Democracies, paradoxes and populism-as-one: the fake dilemmas, José Antonio Sanz Moreno, 65-98; Digital empowerment and democracy in the European Union: Education and participation in the 21St Century, José María Coello de Portugal Martínez del Peral, 99-110; Why do we believe fake news and how to fight it?, María Isabel Serrano Maíllo, 111-122; How (not) to regulate online speech: The polish draft on the freedom of expression in social media, Adam Krzywon, 123-134; Impact of Covid-19 on transparency, M. Olaya Godoy, 135-156; II. PARLIAMENTS AND PARTICIPATION IN CRISIS AND TECHNOLOGY SCENARIOS: Second interview : Meritxell Batet, 156-163; Digital republic, state budgets and citizen participation, François Barque, 165-176; The personal and non-delegable parliamentary vote exercised telematically, new challenges after a period of pandemic also for our parliament, Rosa María Fernández Riveira, 177-198; The Westminster Parliament and the Covid-19 crisis: the hybrid alternative to tradition and rampant executive dominance, Carmen Montesinos Padilla, Ángel Aday Jiménez Alemán, 199-212; The adaptation of the Italian Parliament to de Covid-19 pandemic: the opportunity offered by new technologies and the chanllenge of the reform, Cristina Fasone, 213-224; The German Parliament during the Covid 19 health crisis, Jorge Alguacil González-Aurioles, 225-240; III. ELECTORAL PROCEDURES AND TECHNOLOGY AMID COMPLEX SCENARIOS: Third interview : Miguel Colmenero Menéndez de Luarca, 241-426; Constitutional analysis of party primaries with electronic vote in Spain, María Salvador Martínez, 247-258; The frequent changes in the italian electoral legislation and the influence of the case law of the Constitutional Court, Nicola Lupo, 259-270; Electoral campaigns in the Digital Age, Óscar Sánchez Muñoz, 271-290; Pandemic, elections and electronic voting: a missed opportunity, Ángel José Sánchez Navarro, 291-304; I-voting – anunattainable, so far, element of e-democracy in Poland, Jaroslaw Sulkowski, 305-320; Personal data on people’s political opinions: the controversial attempt to regulate their use in Spain, Covadonga Ferrer Martín de Vidales, 321-334; Two steps forward and one step back: incapacity and right to vote before the ECHR, María Garrote de Marcos, 335-348; Elections in times of pandemic: The experience of the regional electoral processes in Spain (2020-2021), Manuel Delgado-Iribarren García-Campero, 349-368.