Dannica Fleuß is a postdoctoral research fellow and lecturer in political theory at Helmut Schmidt University (Hamburg) and a research associate at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance (University of Canberra). She is also a co-convenor of the Political Studies Association's Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Specialist Group and a member of the Switzerland-based DemocracyNet.

• Introduction: Democratic Legitimacy, Democratic Crises, Everyday (Political) Practice Chapter 1. Bridging the Gap between Principles and Institutions: Meta-Theoretical and Methodological Considerations Chapter 2. Procedure, Substance, Democratic Legitimacy: A Framework for the Debate Chapter 3. Two Forms of Proceduralism: Rawls’s and Habermas’s Theories of Democratic Legitimacy Chapter 4. Normative Proceduralism and Its Limitations in ‘Post-Metaphysical’ Political Theory Chapter 5. Radical Proceduralist Ideals: A Discursive Account Chapter 6. Institutional Designs as Conversation Starter: Ask Citizens, not Philosophers!  Chapter 7. Conclusion: Democratic Institutions for Radical Proceduralists and Other Citizens

Dannica Fleuß calls on us to resist the lure of epistocracy, in favour of a radical proceduralism that trusts in the collective capacity of citizens to govern their societies. In this powerful and provocative book, she reinvigorates democratic theory and restores faith in democratic politics.

Dannica Fleuß is a postdoctoral research fellow and lecturer in political theory at Helmut Schmidt University (Hamburg) and a research associate at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance (University of Canberra). She is also a co-convenor of the Political Studies Association's Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Specialist Group and a member of the Switzerland-based DemocracyNet.

• Introduction: Democratic Legitimacy, Democratic Crises, Everyday (Political) Practice Chapter 1. Bridging the Gap between Principles and Institutions: Meta-Theoretical and Methodological Considerations Chapter 2. Procedure, Substance, Democratic Legitimacy: A Framework for the Debate Chapter 3. Two Forms of Proceduralism: Rawls’s and Habermas’s Theories of Democratic Legitimacy Chapter 4. Normative Proceduralism and Its Limitations in ‘Post-Metaphysical’ Political Theory Chapter 5. Radical Proceduralist Ideals: A Discursive Account Chapter 6. Institutional Designs as Conversation Starter: Ask Citizens, not Philosophers!  Chapter 7. Conclusion: Democratic Institutions for Radical Proceduralists and Other Citizens

Dannica Fleuß calls on us to resist the lure of epistocracy, in favour of a radical proceduralism that trusts in the collective capacity of citizens to govern their societies. In this powerful and provocative book, she reinvigorates democratic theory and restores faith in democratic politics.

Dannica Fleuß is a postdoctoral research fellow and lecturer in political theory at Helmut Schmidt University (Hamburg) and a research associate at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance (University of Canberra). She is also a co-convenor of the Political Studies Association's Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Specialist Group and a member of the Switzerland-based DemocracyNet.

• Introduction: Democratic Legitimacy, Democratic Crises, Everyday (Political) Practice Chapter 1. Bridging the Gap between Principles and Institutions: Meta-Theoretical and Methodological Considerations Chapter 2. Procedure, Substance, Democratic Legitimacy: A Framework for the Debate Chapter 3. Two Forms of Proceduralism: Rawls’s and Habermas’s Theories of Democratic Legitimacy Chapter 4. Normative Proceduralism and Its Limitations in ‘Post-Metaphysical’ Political Theory Chapter 5. Radical Proceduralist Ideals: A Discursive Account Chapter 6. Institutional Designs as Conversation Starter: Ask Citizens, not Philosophers!  Chapter 7. Conclusion: Democratic Institutions for Radical Proceduralists and Other Citizens

Dannica Fleuß calls on us to resist the lure of epistocracy, in favour of a radical proceduralism that trusts in the collective capacity of citizens to govern their societies. In this powerful and provocative book, she reinvigorates democratic theory and restores faith in democratic politics.