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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Autores principales: Domínguez Avila, Carlos Federico, Duarte Domínguez, Aldira Guimarães
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spelling I15-R205-article-1262024-05-24T14:46:59Z Strategic manipulation, political elite and the quality of democracy: Revisiting William H. Riker’s concept of heresthetics Manipulação estratégica, elite política e qualidade da democracia: revisitando o conceito de herestese, de William H. Riker Domínguez Avila, Carlos Federico Duarte Domínguez, Aldira Guimarães Teoria das elites políticas História conceitual do político Qualidade da democracia Regime político Herestese Theory of political elites Conceptual history of politics Quality of democracy Political regime 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-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. O artigo examina o conceito de herestese, originalmente proposto por William H. Riker, na década de 1980. O referido conceito diz respeito à arte da manipulação estratégica na política democrática, quer quando acontece entre líderes e cidadãos, quer quando ocorre entre os integrantes da elite ou grupo dominante na hierarquia social. Em termos teórico-metodológicos, o artigo se inspira na teoria das elites políticas, na história conceitual do político, e nos estudos interdisciplinares sobre a qualidade da democracia. Infere-se que o conceito de herestese assume uma relevância muito significativa no contexto de numerosos casos de erosão do regime na contemporaneidade, situação que poderia ser parcialmente atribuída ao – desalentador – desempenho de elites políticas, tanto em democracias liberais, quanto em democracias eleitorais. Universidad Nacional de Rosario 2024-05-21 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://relasp.unr.edu.ar/index.php/revista/article/view/126 10.35305/rr.v4i8.126 Revista Euro latinoamericana de Análisis Social y Político (RELASP); Vol. 4 Núm. 8 (2024); 47-68 2683-7420 por https://relasp.unr.edu.ar/index.php/revista/article/view/126/187 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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topic Teoria das elites políticas
História conceitual do político
Qualidade da democracia
Regime político
Herestese
Theory of political elites
Conceptual history of politics
Quality of democracy
Political regime
Heresthetics
spellingShingle Teoria das elites políticas
História conceitual do político
Qualidade da democracia
Regime político
Herestese
Theory of political elites
Conceptual history of politics
Quality of democracy
Political regime
Heresthetics
Domínguez Avila, Carlos Federico
Duarte Domínguez, Aldira Guimarães
Strategic manipulation, political elite and the quality of democracy: Revisiting William H. Riker’s concept of heresthetics
topic_facet Teoria das elites políticas
História conceitual do político
Qualidade da democracia
Regime político
Herestese
Theory of political elites
Conceptual history of politics
Quality of democracy
Political regime
Heresthetics
author Domínguez Avila, Carlos Federico
Duarte Domínguez, Aldira Guimarães
author_facet Domínguez Avila, Carlos Federico
Duarte Domínguez, Aldira Guimarães
author_sort Domínguez Avila, Carlos Federico
title Strategic manipulation, political elite and the quality of democracy: Revisiting William H. Riker’s concept of heresthetics
title_short Strategic manipulation, political elite and the quality of democracy: Revisiting William H. Riker’s concept of heresthetics
title_full Strategic manipulation, political elite and the quality of democracy: Revisiting William H. Riker’s concept of heresthetics
title_fullStr Strategic manipulation, political elite and the quality of democracy: Revisiting William H. Riker’s concept of heresthetics
title_full_unstemmed Strategic manipulation, political elite and the quality of democracy: Revisiting William H. Riker’s concept of heresthetics
title_sort strategic manipulation, political elite and the quality of democracy: revisiting william h. riker’s concept of heresthetics
description 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.
publisher Universidad Nacional de Rosario
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