Strategic manipulation, political elite and the quality of democracy: Revisiting William H. Riker’s concept of heresthetics
The article examines the concept of heresthetics, originally proposed by William H. Riker, in the 1980s. This concept concerns to the art of strategic manipulation in democratic politics, whether between leaders and citizens, or between members of the elite or ruling class. In theoretical-methodolog...
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Universidad Nacional de Rosario
2024
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| Acceso en línea: | https://relasp.unr.edu.ar/index.php/revista/article/view/126 |
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| Sumario: | The article examines the concept of heresthetics, originally proposed by William H. Riker, in the 1980s. This concept concerns to the art of strategic manipulation in democratic politics, whether between leaders and citizens, or between members of the elite or ruling class. In theoretical-methodological terms, the article is inspired by the theory of political elites, the conceptual history of politics, and interdisciplinary studies on the quality of democracy. It is inferred that the concept of heresthetics assumes a very significant relevance in the context of numerous cases of democratic backsliding, a situation partially attributed to the – disheartening – performance of political elites, both in liberal democracies and in electoral democracies. |
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