Decolonizing Deliberative Democracy: Perspectives from Below

In this paper I provide a decolonial critique of received knowledge about deliberative democracy. Legacies of colonialism have generally been overlooked in theories of democracy. These omissions challenge several key assumptions of deliberative democracy. I argue that deliberative democracy does not...

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Published in:Journal of business ethics Vol. 181; no. 2; pp. 283 - 299
Main Author: Banerjee, Subhabrata Bobby
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.11.2022
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Business and Management
Business Ethics
Colonialism
Decolonization
Deliberative democracy
Democracy
Democratization
Education
Ethics
Extraction
Hegemony
Inequality
Management
Marginality
Original Paper
Philosophy
Postcolonialism
Quality of Life Research
Rationality
Latin America
Indigenous struggles
Corporate social responsibility
Decoloniality
Postcolonialism
Deliberative democracy
ISSN:0167-4544, 1573-0697
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Summary:In this paper I provide a decolonial critique of received knowledge about deliberative democracy. Legacies of colonialism have generally been overlooked in theories of democracy. These omissions challenge several key assumptions of deliberative democracy. I argue that deliberative democracy does not travel well outside Western sites and its key assumptions begin to unravel in the ‘developing’ regions of the world. The context for a decolonial critique of deliberative democracy is the ongoing violent conflicts over resource extraction in the former colonies of Africa, Asia and Latin America. I argue that deliberative democracy cannot take into account the needs of marginalized stakeholders who are defending their lands and livelihoods. The paper contributes to the literature by (1) offering a critique of hegemonic models of democracy that cannot address issues of inequality and colonial difference and (2) offering possibilities to imagine counterhegemonic alternatives for a democratization of democracy from below.
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ISSN:0167-4544
1573-0697
DOI:10.1007/s10551-021-04971-5