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DEMOCRACY AND DIFFERENCE CONTESTING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE POLITICAL Edited by Seyla Benhabib somite a Ania cred aha of Comes alg nab Dae ipl ated by ea ea SS gt ern tne ‘vasowr Gh ake 1 Sclerman bem ‘tek en oped ey Contents, tnuoducion ‘The Democratic Moment and ihe ible of erence Sola Benak ART ONE. DEMOCRATIC THEORY, FOUNDATIONS AND PERSPECTIVES ‘he Normative Mael of Democrcy ‘in Habermas wo Fogsive Democracy ‘Sele § We Tree ‘ing FowePighang Power: The Poy “ov Madge Four Toward Detberatie Model of Democrat Legacy Soa Beha Prcedure and Substance in Delhersive Democricy “shat Chen Six {Commricaton and he Oxer: Beyond Deliberative Democracy Ire Moe Yung PART TWO. EQUALITY, DIFFERENCE, AND FUBLIC REPRESENTATION Seven Desing wth Dlerence A Pls of eso Polis of Presence? “ne Pili Eig ‘Tine Forms of Group Dilereninted Cheap Canad "Wil Kc » ” 98 a be rer and Democracy: Representing Dilerences ‘cat © Gea ten Democracy, Deer, nd the Right of Peay sean Cohen leven ‘Gener Eau andthe Wee State: A Postnatal Thought Experiment Nang Poser PART THREE, CULTURE, IDENTITY, AND DEMOCRACY “wel Democacy, ower, and he Poul” ‘anal Mose Thirteen Direc, iemmay, ad the Flic of Home oes Howe, Fourteen Democracy and Muldcuurisn "rd Dalmay een ‘The Palomance of Cisrsip: Democracy, Gendt, nd Deen Inthe French Reahon, oa Bands sistem Peripheral Peoples nd Nerative ees: Arendian Reflection on bate Modernty Ga A Foren PART FOUR. DOES DEMOCRACY NEED FOUNDATIONS? Sevemeen ‘Gestation, Foundation, nd Sc Pate ‘ard ery ighteen Democrat Theory nd Democrat Experience aber & Deb m 187 as ast 28 os 38 Demon Pionophy and station ‘ny man Foundational snd Democracy ‘enjoin Barer sof Comtbtors Indes “0 5 DEMOCRACY AND DIFFERENCE Introduction ‘The Democratic Moment and the Problem of Difference ‘Two nnn reas ater the French Revlon, 1989, dierent st of sell ee crmbing down We the end of autortaran communis ne Cerra Earope the Bali oun, andthe ome Sov Union and ‘wth he erertanaitons fom dcstshp te democracy athe PPS, ‘pein sod Basi the worldwide movement twad macy ba Been Celtel Like Ales de Toouevie, who i 183 pophesed the et ‘le reoaton advancing century by entry contemporary thinkers have (peste the democrat roment” Papel Paksama, The End of tery. ‘rochined da we ave eathed “the end pinto mankind declogal e Fen andthe unieslzton of Wester ier! democracy the Ea om fhman government story owes, alwys proves wrong thre who cai to have sled sien ad hardy dred om Fleas amphi words when Pita rales and expences deren fom the ones pope By is Theory erupted the cl wn and eric peocde in Boma Heregovis the usin deuton of Cech: he dmmanng ratory cones a Aze- baja, Armenia, Macedon, and Gree the devolution of democracy and the of Moen fundamental n Alger an eee among the coun tees of Noh Ate and the Middle Eas. These wendeide Ut the Sneshston of eral democracy” er fom complete Ye th ar of the Wes aswell In Prance an ny nd pecs even nthe United Sates eft mowers have emerged oma ale unprecedented se the et ‘Sf Word War The ltl tend towered demcratation el bt sso Ste the postions and antagonism aserig themes gas wen the mane of vasour forms of aierence™ele, maton, ings, el fous, and ulral* Throughout the lobe anew politics fo the engin olive ent ors est ‘See every eae for Mey Indes dfeentatng ones foe what ones ot, dey pli ava and nese apie ofthe rato SLdieence, One es Bosnian Ser othe dee to whic oe ata Bon ‘Mone ora ios nea Gath mn ele te Wes Bak te cent that one sot secler onst one Belongs othe “Eropean anh olga community othe ee tha ne sat rom the Mage, the Mile Ent, Aas, What shocking aboot thee deepens nt ‘he Invi dalecte of entylerence that they play Bu aber the ‘vate ht enter an be mained and ecard on by elimina {ng ference and oternese The tegouaon of teniyerence, 1 use ‘ian Connoisecous pine the poe problem lag dence ‘ces oma goal ele Under tee Donor and Direc: Cozsing Bondar fh Pl {ah theese collated nti okie sek toate and come to gi ‘rk forme of deference pli that were arial set n West {ibe demecrace hougout te 1970 and 1980s, Rfeed ot tines {nese movement pote these deveaprens wee seen a expe Ing" posers vos nai igi) ad were epee 5 gral {ng.2shit fom "wees of nrhatoe” tea cance with the gamma of forms of We" Jorgen Habermas)" Through the experiences of new socal Imovemens major tanforsaton secied int natue of oe dened a ‘hing polis! cones The sages ver wei, pital poston. and ‘cs tht cared ures aa working lipo trough! he Teeny sd te Sahl othe teeth ceey were epced by 4g Bes aver tbortom and ay ight, ever clog ad th consequences of ew frei technologies. and the pols of acl, and tie pe (Cologuly reed toi the US. cotet a thepolitico! he Rabo {calito Ther ew tees have been epreseted by novel group of pol ‘ttc ied of plical pares, thre mar to movement poles nd to aly canes groups of cst wore people o clr. 4 in ‘tae and concerned sens” "ewe in ltl conte the emergence ofthis new pls Weer enone partly owed th the worldwide movement toward de eration, Bi he poiter of Wensydieenc” emerging oot of he ‘rperence of ew scl movement im era apa demote, atthe bcs of eee nga and religous dillerece developing fo Ser commana ceumtie, Nori Aiea ad the Middle Fat ate radely fee, Wheres the oer Kd of ensydlerenee polis fees ob the negation, contain an representation of ference win he pb lc eplre of eal democracies, che plies ef elhnonatonasns Sek 0 ‘ede te constuns ofthe bay pli and am a crexing new pols “at sovereig es nt tbe expen of cute, egos atonal hd ec hemopeneny toh + soverign st form ithe desert of hese ler movements. The esas inthe volume, i daca the demo cc police of diferenc, sar he ssumpon that he stains and Clu of ibera detocrsces sve steal complex, append dee {ered soa tallow the enpreston of deence wahout fern ety ‘tthe body poli or sibveringexising fms of poll sovereign” ‘The phe "democracy and dlleence” was a natn othe cor teria eflet upon he hor and pace of emoeay arte experiences ‘fide pier nee oc vere form Does demoracy es fnhorogensing models of eny? What does the body othe body pi look ke Can the seal of univers ctzeship accommodate dfernce ‘What thors of rsonaliy and moan govern our eoncepons ofthe demote earn sd the leg person? Dats emocacy eed sori? ‘ov which nd: nals, coment, postmederst, coc fae Kai- ‘hn? Wha nsutenal, cat epesetaonal chanel ae the for Use fapeson of dideene? How much afeence compute wah he ea of ‘he le of aw unde at and eq condos) ‘Wins contet the tr “difeenc” ands more meeps pet rmuatonslrne” inthe work of Jaques Dern, andl rend the work of Jean Francs Lyeud, ave become rally posto two ses {lle cig of Enlgheamentaype moran, eens. and “snes, and» eure cy for oe who est on the experience later sberes beteogeey, donee apd estan.” Contempo {ay Wester Leal dence ae beng challenged by groups who ss ‘Spon het unable ieee and who man tows tb exgeece of hey to demyaly the roca and entry dhasoas ofthese eral emoreces eee the cise i pens of momentous unsfrmatons sich the ones we hae bee ving tough sce 1985, ol and new detitons, pre ‘Rppostions, cues of hgh, serempns, pd values mi, mingle ‘IED inchoate ways. The parpove of he volume 0 cont to sl ‘lection of ut times byanatang the concep, cuca ins ‘ional quidares and pussies of be present “emocae moment the ae the guess of entire, 0 Ins conti to hs ome Sheldon Won wes: ths democracy too simple for complex soe and a0 complex for simple ones" The qe tn foil comple nd derectay ioe the eon of Habeas Ike sary. Thee Normative Model af Democracy” Habermas dsingusies ‘nang ela repubie, and procedrls-celberne ews of eo le poles, Acorn ihe Ue mdel, the democrat Process hat the faction feasting tthe pots aparts the rt ofa Tonomous ei socty the sk of police the eoordation of divergent lees among priate pesos According to he repubean model, polis te wewed a the auction of "ommon good.” of a subsantve sion of the ele of» communiy The pod of poles iva he admins thon ofthe ites ofc soy arma a the reo of aay mong eens. Habermas objects that both the Uber andthe republican models pa suppoe view of socity 0 centered inthe sate—be a psran of ‘ae salty othe tte a the sel-eonsciousnsksbonaaion ofan eh Elcom the dcoursetheny of emery xed by Habermas inter ‘Shaneshly inthe cont with» "hbertie mode of pace) precede irom the nage of 1 decetred scty The plea ystems coseed reser the peak or the ces, oor even te fomatve model oy fener but as one more “ition system to orem a pse fom Nas {aman antong ors, Habermas sek orc concepts ie letinaton| fd popula sovereigy i he tems of he procera mode: “Dcourse theory works inead wth the higher ioe mere of communication roves: that ow hough bth he paiamentry Sedan the nora etorks of the pu sphere Within and otade the panera com Bley, thes sje forme of communion conte sens fn whch ‘tor orlse atonal opinion and wilfonmaon can ake pce” berms ‘hares wth the ce republan adkon of}-} Rouse, Tomas Jerse, roma Are, an song contr oth volume, jamin Barer Aninsisence "on the onal arang of democracy treo the nt ‘onalzaion of public ue of reson ory exec by anosomous cle ene” The dalenge tot oly how oresncepkze the ef ch 2 ‘Public phere under condon facets too compe or deci” But isto ge ts pussy more adequnteomulaton wich oes ot | togterqueon of juice wh hve the good le, the ay which ne republican do Habermas minis om the of apunent bas deve Syed mach more explyehewbee" ht the repulcan van “ove inden the democutc proce by sming “posto bemeneatea| prces of selexplenon of hued fone of eo ealete tery” He ‘ngs suche dacoures on collec fore of Ke fom ola ‘hous proper hat mould wave Doth orl quedo of te a tou qaton of power end coc. ‘Although urge namber ef oro tothis volume defend a veson of “delerive democracy” as poidng the mos adequate concep nd ‘stutona model for heer the democrat expenene of eompox we ts (lent, josh Cohen ne Youn. Jem Cohen, Ay Gama) none ‘tuld aber o all specs of Habermas voces! tn pari ‘purses elf ths mode! JobusCahenbeleves ht the entire resippstions af produ denecrces eed oe en ch mores bly Cae autonomy eed tobe proceed and expanded trough the (tate of evan scl and economic right that would eae peicp fon in demorrti deiberave proses Bren unde conditions oa ren {te aleplclsn among competing conception fhe good and ve in evera Jun Coben Beleves that more bane conception de ‘mower canbe deeded in my contibaton, Toward « Delbertive Moel of Denacrae Lgl sma’ T alo ded the mode! of centre pubic per. Dot res © ‘low Habeas sharp dincone among etal, politi and mal is uns fc eI Young src heat ened “Commarea fu the Other: Beyond Deiterstve Democracy” the yerion of deliberate ‘motes pope by Habermas ct pols proces ico cealy ava {fom calf of commansation Even f we cri some dation ‘eowen the tight andthe good athe ploeophcnl and nto lvl at ‘ing een to presen demornte eedoms in sxees in which le ple wsons ofthe good compe, thie dstincion dows nat commit one 16 ‘bg cordon santa around pla dacouse such aso Bask the scan of ese of colin ent and vstons of the ood ie Young Teese on tne soioear races whieh ne views oader once tion of communicative derotary reque nadon Yo cient fpecng heone and totling ‘ey broaly sted here tension i is ome among defenders of ihe Dpovedunls deliberative model f democracy a fou pe nat aed ‘by Habermas Iwill his the ‘agonistic medel of democrat pls" Shel- {Sn ol provides uci ad compeling scouneof th sn. Suns ‘fs ew in ilrnt ways as aime the contbutons By Jey Manse, Chantal Moule, Sonie Honig, and Benjomin Baber“ tall take the pa” wres Whi,“ bean expression ofthe Mer hte ‘Sven cmpoued of deste cn ones enjoy moment of oma tye, ough publ delbratons,colecve power sed o Proms of tes the well beng of colctvty Pl vel tothe legized and bli corcaation, pay by opnized and unequal scl Powe fer ons to the tesoes aval oe pale authors ofthe cles Felis comtnous, cases, ap ends In cori, the pal sedi tate” “he development of he modern autem Wester Inds acti ce sted pete ind of poi» pols of dmstatonconanent, 20d Iwundary drawing Advanced nds democacs re esto ths ee tour consoling power the sate, which defends an expt “the abr, rea aod pyces ofthe cir Any conception af democracy rounded (Rite tzentsacor and poiicarepadi model, argues Wa compte wth the "moder cok ofthe tate athe ed center of pleat Ile ied of eploring the erative ofa non-tecentered ison fe pelea however, Sheldon Wolm condades tt democtany neds to be cance ar somthing er than lor of goverment asad of ng thas condoned by biter expenenee doomed to suced onl erpor bia eaten pony slong ibe memory ofthe poli sires “This conception ofthe democrat aba eran “ode of being” ot ata orm of government le shad by Chantal Moule, Bonnie Fon, Joe Landes snd Beja ater Both Moe se Landes spelt Clade Letts concep of "the dsouton ofthe masks of eerany 12 horace te specie frm of soct-ymble power hat the coef d= Inocaey “Libel demcry” wes Mote,“ aot the apenon ofthe lemoerese model oa wide content. Understood as epmet concers the mb ore of sol elon” Ts ambobe nda igure {aed pot ut by pla of vite and werdvews, a Joba Rawls would ‘san ae, plu the aoe eel” wich recognises {he impo fever agudenngwohoot cones and without wesidue thong comeing vos ofthe god of jasc, and of he pol, ‘one Hong sus up 4 snr perspec f agonist pels “To ake Aileenceand te enters democrat ory st ate the inccapabiliy of confi ond he ineadieabiy of estan to he ol Sal and moral projet of ordenng sabes, autor and vals. {ore upon the dem ofa pce alle home, «pce eof power. cot, td sage, 4 place—an ety, form of le,» group vo —unmaked ‘riven by difence and uouched by the power brought io Beat upen ‘bythe ens ht set round emacs Ws ace” ‘ons von of democrat pis mevtably invite the question, How can we beso ste thal the ag of episode pits, othe cots of pla ‘in the cant beaut at he higher level, wall be ances of {od and Jos democrat polis as oppsed to beng insunces of ss, Semphobc nana, agh-wig poplin? Are the people aby wie? ‘eth esos nya The lta ues hem says woof Tepes? Radial sons of apni plik ae sbjc tthe nds bee tons which ibera-cnsiatonal hry arise 2 wall the demectate donor may be uj act, ke, rod caplous How can hous of 5 Sette detwercy safeguard feedom and js, respec for the ngs of EMizens a equal snd fe beings they at unling to place some con Sos at bid trump. nd there cone he wl of he over cign people Tn contrbton to th ole, Benjamin Baer rca he stad pont ofthe tong democrats "What sequed ot oundana mandates rind ment acumen neg appying Seed wanda toa canging ‘Told tsk pol sls sare necessary to dcoveng fring com son ground, What ight een what ight i, cana el termine ‘obve jdgmen Rihetemecves se both costa beng eee [hd reer and dependent forte monmate freon the eges=est {I Somme ofan acne ise bad” Berber spss fhe lf coe ine mechan of decry Suri though among rach selfcorecng ‘chan te ot ist he wl the people bt the naston fhe BL ff gs, consteutonai, che iterpay othe highest our ofthe ad with the dete epresnater ofthe people, proses of eonetitorl reve td the lke Where eerste democrat politi, as song precede ‘Eon defended by Habermas mune pals aga the cs of el- tual and ete We, theorists of apne pois ew democracy athe Inceaant coneston oer sec ebicland ela guests Ate ete ial level the desirable aerate clear deliberative vison of democran pals whch con ao do jr tthe agers pir of democracy 5 well Fruclted by ts defenders “The cottons y nny Manabe, Ane Pills, Wal Kya, ond Jean Cj approach te od confer between When and democracy owl we nats would be fo ste Ua even forthe defenders of onic demacay repesened i ths volume, dere ie queso that the bison Ipc of berem-—resp othe reo for deal Tigh, free piralm fr costa parnter—mit be upld se fhe nay of tocher The ee ter the ght mitre theoreti Praca, beween the ley of Uber andthe cou ae contest ory tte of al demos pels I the ve of Jane Mansbridge (Say "Usng PowetFighing Power The Poly hat focus resco ths mix Arig that ma democrat ply can wholly eat the eed Tot the we of cee power ata fl Iepimaton, Manebadge mains tha along wth he tol slegand of ietatona ge peck Ind asocaon the nae few pts pres, and tere poupe, emo ‘faces le ned to fries and ave informa dlberie ences f {anc in which tow who nen ech coercive move can rework he eas nd sete, paterng ther forces and doing im» more Pete space ‘wha wy wheter o comin the ate” ‘ecnding to Mansbridge none ofthe errs fr lepmaing coe, ‘whether bed ot assessments of hype! consnt, the subse J feof eucomes, the fedom fost cron or elses 10 ape of the delerive proces hat reed i» econ wo cece, ofthe etal power tt parpane execu i te deison proes—can produce i hes of onghng diagrement an incontestbly legimae rest” There {ty hs sbseenson lade Mansbridge o ees ppt fr hase aon ethers of demcracy, who main tha tere 0 fle tea Justgeauon wit a ender Asia democracies can oly pode “ood roughly ‘Ai the lee of tional props, Mansbridge joins umber of eher “conttbutor to ths volume, who, owing» decetered pulser and ‘hla cv soc nah mould keto combine the ites of elie {ive plicit sao alo adequate he complenty of mae: scutes oshun Coben, feb, fan Coben, apd Nancy Fis. Mans ‘badge ics he een enclave pity” and abo dean fom an esy by Nangy Fru ahe wes of sue couterpabes "Fer ups ands ‘Su movers seeing o express vera the goals of sich counterpubis wuld cade “undensandng thesis beter loging bones ofan Preserving the memon ol p nui, nerpeting and eterpeing Sean how ijesices working ou aerate eoncepon of el of enmuiy face andl veray-deiing wha sane 9 make toh emovonaly snd steely, dlrs on ead nd mean, ad de ‘ding How oc, nda and clectely™ ‘A sympathy for yd insttonalsoutons or representing diferences snl democracies sls giver the eye hy Ane Pip nd Wil Kym (ka Aer rel eamacon of thoughts abot represen” wi he ier adn, Pip obras tht eral ha cued on derstand confit of dens man prt poles “Bot when the pois of en ic {ken in lation frm what wl eal the pie of resco et deat ‘egutly wih he experince ol thore socal poops who by nse of thee {ace oe or egon or gnde have ft emacs ealaded fom tbe ‘enccac process. Poltalexhson is ieresngy—I elev sigly— ‘ewe in ems th in Be ret ny by pit presence” Howee, What {eto be presen are rope rater than dean, ews, nd beste, the modelo epresetaon res anther cet of ganda: an groups be teed as homogeeos ene pricples of epresetaion are dsebued slong group nes, whieh pet of op sen sbould been he ost preeence mn pubic made mpramnaton Say you ves group of Fan Bhooe women of Aen decent wan the Province of Quebec wha spec 1 het groop identity ts the one that shouldbe nepeseed inte pobtal proce Since all ener, ial and cole, are en by male Fomplex, and feopeneous alan does atthe “pls of preence™ fn the rab of ineeing form of enya, 2 dine meta isis ol up presences iw? Philip conclude th there leading In comemporry irl democracies om police os obits af sence reverb, sd ht “mechs shuld brand cat be—de- "ed that adres the problems of group excision without ing the Dound- res or chars ofeach oun” “al ml, nh anebton thi wlume, “Thre Forms of Group Dideened Cseship i Canain” deals wh the ener quesion of ‘goup ius win he Uberacdemocrie stat by lokng othe spec ese win: Since Canad, ins Noral Swope, tas irae the Setenion of he dlsine peoples ot ations (Engh, French nd Abon- al), Kyla sympa tobe ew tat sch ference oe lee of ‘onal ent may rene petal legal or contol menses o be sumed and noted. Ao, Canada spate rate ough ga thon, being he home fis rm nda, lnc, A and Eoap, 38 rela fom the Mile Est and eer curs Kym tthe fms ot dierentnedcseneip ng: sl goverment ps nied byte og inal atone in paral he Qutbtos the Abongial mors) ply rie nehe and sec epesenttion vhs. Kyl thnk that Soul be Pole wo accommodate sch diferent nights withthe eral gnranees inna of Geom nd uly He doe acknowledge. haweret tha cof can and do eer sor example, inthe cave of he al Ina “Carl Goud, in “Divesty and Decry: Representing Dieenes” ie crcl of what she names “soup eset” ame the view hat th ‘denies of prope regen and hori unchanging ences. tend ‘he plead fora fr of vlusary seal luni or ultras Suck ‘presentation would beet be compute wih the pony fea igh ‘Wn the lasek t's ones and scl pri wion of ou Alifeences aswel queons to how and by whom poop seme ret ‘deed snd eased remain open Inthe Bal aa, Goal ks ‘hat nce partition tal evel in poly the mos able mechs ‘nim forthe epesettion eileen “The unmdaties a police of presence (Pili) deave pnp bom the dienes of exe a thereealy deena and plea wb lncep of pou dees ey, “Peripheral Popes an Naat denice Atendtan Refeons on late Modemsy” Caos Ferment com: pling huts the Internal its ofl poi wens By focusing on ‘ener! peoples” This erm tlre Wo ecole’ who, sce the ost ‘Ter peo, ane been emigting in onpecedented mabers sad sting Ge cans nn py, nc Gem US) "Nei Aan Bass, Whether ep ata rene sued het enperece of cllehip remain ambiaour" Not nly ate hte emegories ‘al ean, but to ne groupe of such india, for example Sus, Geel and members of ex Yopanan sts, ae neon, work: ings Earopean capo cenan porns ofthe year pd then recuing Ther home coun ba he ie -peiberal peoples an erst the expe engesof dscns, arpa, snd notvepresentaons experince Oy the inde Torment lortaes on the consrcton of marae of dees ore explore how perp pecples eer moder throug the guage of [eli and ike maser ses, peripheral groups red with those tlemers tht beraon had bean fan, ceiling then ogee eh unexpected ess "Hybrid amie of dina alec experienc, ‘Sppore to parm of all foo, ahd tevelng athe Elghenent and ‘oder, were the sl. ‘Wheres Foment consents on the Abr and facture chat ren from the tooumes of demarive Wer wah "peripheral peoples Fred Delay dewing on Trvetan Todorovs account ofthe congue of the Amer reminds fe flowing enson “The opposon Between the egatran sivertion of moder Wester cate sb the ary ofp tila ei cultures ad elourmadisons, at between oonaaed Srovlview and Indgenove Mewar” ot merely accent But as Toe or pardigmate sar, he ares allnayr seks to state this ‘ont by dscusing Chale Tayo poston a acute nthe Book Mul ‘Eaton and Te Po erga" The convey oe ihe sats of ‘Gace, adn parila, comic beween the Canadian Chae of igs hd Freedoms tnd the inigenous rights demanded by the separsst {Queecss movement team the Eackdrop for allay exploration ofthis enlural epposion, “an se that oat dcusons oncesing ference fr he foe. able ite ithe we of analogous soning onsvucung secu the poston of socal poops Aral aca uous dcrninted against o ox loved nthe ery of opps nthe se way? Ae ng rms of {iscnminaton analogs to darininaton based on gender and ce? Are fae and nce derisatonrealy ages? Te term ieence” mar thus be wewed as anton to father felton athe hn am anal ‘ly ws ol for deserbing the muios ses eed by the eon trios fr "Undousedy he oof diene dh en the front fhe maj of conbations inthe volume isthe oppression and. derision of tromen Even in thee eae like Mansbridge, Bent, Young, and ‘oul, wher scr the excise foes of tenon, gender eration fd the expenence ofthe womens moweent ae the acon. Three ‘She aes dient sepece ofthe ponder question thug dierent ‘tetodoogs, Jean Caen ess, “Dertcasy Daflereee, apd the Right of Fray” exits the convey ve abortion ges im reces US pic ‘hows an orp, Nancy Fae looks athe way which the te ‘pial, porinal nelle ste imply ences. ender uate ‘dels fetish and Jom Landes examines the gente cata of the bougets pu sphere by focusing on the “pero of izes" by women of he Fen Reston. Buldingon Ber wrk Wimen athe Pubic Spre i he Ae of th Frech Regan Jus Lander acne the enience of empetingdscouses Un oliptned thought on the poston of women However she mos atthe iberas. atonal, sor repuian wally met he challenge of ener equa, nor was hss consequence of some lp ofaeton or ‘dona prejuieon te par From the oust, demo nthe modem tneld podoced nat ony a dscourse bat a race of gener deren” Jn, andes cones onthe repeat ofthe sje casi ‘recap of cecupying the public per of bougeisdemocrces "Only ‘hers beds he conles semed ol he el requirement fie fontined form of subject In cons, women were dered to inhabit esis th suher than ganemeing poi! Mierie, wee marked by hel ysl dsitivesemates and raion ence pote qualia” Tenn teri interested in etevings concep othe poe pre ot entempray be around democracy and difrence se mare coobdent than Landes hou th coming maby a project Jan Coben begins ber ace by examining teen emp by ferinat tears, he Young. Fast and Benbub, tet the nomtveconepion of publ pace ‘th an ee to empowering and representing dilerence While Coben 57- Juhetohsesprsches, she abjec tht tino larger enough oeeese eters hemeneter of mpiton” rl ese deeonsrcting he Publis, but tat erin theory must tke the next sep and Ffning the prone bak in The fen ecugue ofthe tana plier priate pi egies» reconepansatin of py Coben ey movers several levels st once Est and orem i an tnereon in event U.S debe abou aborting and an emmcaton tbe valu postions arn by the communsaran cries af Fo ‘Wade second san ate to sonar concrpon of pay without reangthe “para of pope gs thst hs wadsorly ben ken 8 “he olf precy ight curt aly Cohen wanton at he [ods preted by pracy ht noe “one elt pees. ody Iregy,pychc pees of deneaton, and decir astenony” She ‘oncloges aloc te nights abortion ar a privacy gh sto akon ge women deren wl lesng upto each nal wom ow {eden th dilerene” ‘ihees Coben consemed to conic the right of pracy Nancy Fraerunderais eensocive femins thnking abou the wee sate ‘She proces swt sl ce nthe bor mares of pestis pin ow job py stent wage to suppor tml igetwndedy. ‘tind ease es conventional and more ies, "ende noras nd fly fxs ate gly conse” I hs new wold of es stable en ‘lymen and more cere oie, cher wll ea eed ors wel ste that wf ensre people guint uncer ofthe bor market and le unstances, Fae "wt shuld « postdna weit sie ok ite Such wells sate She aii shoal pol ender et) A09 trail sponse Queso, Fae inguses he "unteal brea (Ter and the “creer pry tole The et model sek io nive lee the condaton of una employment tooth men and women: he second lakes ito scout tht gender equi the labor mares cannot be ‘cieed ‘nt nd ules the Seger faction of mort weme ( ci ‘ten, othe elt the sek and he abled) earotred osome way Sr anaher Pret runs hough cera bout experimen exploring poe bie combination of these visions, bt masaine User of those ap proaches ean dlr fl ner easy “This woke conchdes wih senso answers othe question, Does de rmocacy need foundations) Ricard Rony begins by sees that one Should dingush bewen estos and foundations. Whetss aie tone soe he question, Howean we make pacers more coher the seach fr foundations ae supposed to ane the gueston, should we be noting io our presen paces a al? For Rory be antifloondaonalt sata pace ug tht ream commendation of be conned 2 comparison wih other acta nd pst soil practices, Rony acknow Edges tht ths coberents appa tan ever widening network socal pac ‘es my not onvnce the exsist, the rac, the bgts He thinks that ‘theoretical coming ntswe o sch nda dos nat ens, but hat democracy not neces eee uns such premises can be hae Romy. ke Mansbriie, Moae, Barber, and ong the conbton, sept thatthe proj of unig democracy ram enterie wth 3 ‘aa soton, Rather, tei ays “ore han reason” whether ti be [ower nomegotiule snd sximate valve difeences or the neverending EScentone of enfct and akenty Poemoderi bourne Mberaam” and ‘got pir mee ceri el ober: Dal suggests that he ution, Does democracy ed ound? can be interpre incre very leet wap) do democratic sens, Tepes o ovement need loudstions ip order o ext ad to anton propery 2) does democrat hear need foundations spd 3) do democai [yen ned democrat theory a Foundation? Dailies is ex ‘remy diffs, maybe coe imposible, to newer the Et quesion. Bes rtcngourie to modern democrat system, ce 1993 a es NY fore counnes have ata democrat piel systems, aig 0 the Tweniy-one tht wee defined s having enced that somewht sl007 Uhesol by 1950 Furthemore there ate also stances of wondemocrate regimes replcag democae governments fiy-ewo tes beween 1900 ‘Conling thatthe qurioncanet be paved a purely empl one, Dail eberes tht whether democrat theory needs fnnastane wl pe Aepend on oes sotey for theory earstucton Nonetheless by ound lone one means a ressosbe st of assumptions tht prone grands or beeing that democay dessa, fo judging whather and to wha xen spsen stem i democrat and for odgng whut races and insitons are compatible or ncpatle wth the ssmptons” then we want founds "ons wo help improve “our plea Judgments and choles” tn cochsion| Dahl eserves that wheres ert know wheter» democrat sem ees a democratic thea sca that if a eauney wih democrade Dalton he ntelosolebe a nthe ma conned tht Ge toca cant be jifed Tenable and pave grounds, then 0 time feos rs, "tho who yo dene democracy wl find the 3g ‘mich arden, wie those who promate nnemcac aerate wil nd ‘that much ease” ‘my Gutmann picks wp the gant droped by Dsl and assert hat “democary neds jtieatons ot ourdaonsJunietone need met be loundnonalt or antioundatimalst I pracices of juiion mat et ‘pon uth bout man ste an igs woul pic "at [tsellerdentritonally meanest or somatic” then sch ute ‘ne a impaosble an bard wo deliver Gutmann delete s modernity ‘rama conepion of juseaton ta goes beyond the Charan ew Tha democracy may be the wort fom af goverment xcept hat beter oe bernorbeen vere According o Gutmann. polite plasophes wpe to ‘ting mote than he lero oneal democracy “We yo coneroct ‘ut of ou inhetanc, and agin beyond amore aly jsabl st of ci and piel instuns, whch ween call democracy hou gua Eaton. ora lst witout nels Gunann also popes & model of debertve demacto) assoc la iel which se ober, bound to eno only imcamplete and conversa ut alo restonably ented ejamin Barer whos ey tas en referee peeing, for lash wm eon of ong democracy pring. we may my ces deliberative process of coleete partion and Judgment ulin, Ba ber conser th quest, Does democary need fodtons to mandate 2

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