Abstract

SERMENO QUEZADA, Ángel. Reason and Public Space in Deliberative Democracy: A Habermasian Perspective. Andamios [online]. 2013, vol.10, n.23, pp.205-231. ISSN 2594-1917.

There are a number of dilemmas and problems that must solve a deliberative conception of democracy. Some of these questions are: Is it possible to redesign the relationship between state and society that allows public participation in decision quality of collective decisions? Is it possible to exercise the democratic ideal of self-government? Is it possible to redesign the conventional representative spaces to the influence of citizenship? Are policy decisions may be the result of a process of public argument and reasoning among free and equal citizens? This paper outlines the institutional design must face the challenge of responding to such challenges convincingly. Specifically discussed and problematized the relationship between public space and designs representative of liberal democracy from a Habermasian perspective.

Keywords : Participation; Deliberation; Public Space; Democracy; Civil Society.