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1.07.241 Freiwählbares Modul: The Limits of Democracy: Social Choice Theory and its Critics (Lehrsprache englisch/Prüfungsleistung deutsch o. englisch) -
Event date(s) | room
- Donnerstag, 21.4.2022 12:15 - 13:45 | A06 4-411
- Donnerstag, 28.4.2022 12:15 - 13:45 | A06 4-411
- Donnerstag, 5.5.2022 12:15 - 13:45 | A06 4-411
- Donnerstag, 12.5.2022 12:15 - 13:45 | A06 4-411
- Donnerstag, 19.5.2022 12:15 - 13:45 | A06 4-411
- Donnerstag, 2.6.2022 12:15 - 13:45 | A06 4-411
- Donnerstag, 9.6.2022 12:15 - 13:45 | A06 4-411
- Donnerstag, 16.6.2022 12:15 - 13:45 | A06 4-411
- Donnerstag, 23.6.2022 12:15 - 13:45 | A06 4-411
- Donnerstag, 30.6.2022 12:15 - 13:45 | A06 4-411
- Donnerstag, 7.7.2022 12:15 - 13:45 | A06 4-411
- Donnerstag, 14.7.2022 12:15 - 13:45 | A06 4-411
- Donnerstag, 21.7.2022 12:15 - 13:45 | A06 4-411
Description
Is there a “common good”? Is there “a will of the people”? Can it be revealed by democratic procedures? The course will focus on these fundamental questions through the lens of social choice theory. In his highly influential book ‘Liberalism against Populism’ William Riker argues that democratic decisions are chaotic, meaningless, and arbitrary. The seminar consists of two parts. In the first part of the seminar we will examine Riker’s line of argumentation in detail. In the second part we will analyse alternatives from democratic theory trying to defend democracy against Riker’s pessimistic interpretation of social choice theory.
lecturer
Tutor
Study fields
- Studium generale / Gasthörstudium
SWS
2
Lehrsprache
englisch
Anzahl der freigegebenen Plätze für Gasthörende
2
Für Gasthörende / Studium generale geöffnet:
Ja
Hinweise zum Inhalt der Veranstaltung für Gasthörende
Is there a “common good”? Is there “a will of the people”? Can it be revealed by democratic procedures? The course will focus on these fundamental questions through the lens of social choice theory. In his highly influential book ‘Liberalism against Populism’ William Riker argues that democratic decisions are chaotic, meaningless, and arbitrary. The seminar consists of two parts. In the first part of the seminar we will examine Riker’s line of argumentation in detail. In the second part we will analyse alternatives from democratic theory trying to defend democracy against Riker’s pessimistic interpretation of social choice theory.
Hinweise zur Teilnahme für Gasthörende
Das Seminar wird in englischer Sprache gehalten.