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Meritocratic democracy : a cross-cultural political theory /

'Meritocratic Democracy' examines the effectiveness of democracy as a decision-making system, the role of political leaders and political parties in real-world democracies and shows that cross-cultural dialogue is imperative to generate innovative solutions to pressing political issues and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ziliotti, Elena (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Democracy.
Confucianism and world politics.
Political leadership.
Merit (Ethics)
Confucianisme et politique mondiale.
Démocratie locale.
Political Ideologies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
History & Theory.
Politics & government.
Politics and Government.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Note on Terminology
  • 1 Rethinking Democratic Theory in the Global Age
  • 1.1 A Convergence of Interests in Political Theory
  • 1.2 Meritocratic Democracy: A Comparative Political Theory
  • 1.3 Why Confucian Political Theory?
  • 1.4 On Method
  • 1.5 Outline of the Chapters
  • PART ONE MERITOCRATIC DEMOCRACY: VALUE OF DEMOCRACY
  • 2 The Meritocratic Challenge to Democracy
  • 2.1 Historical Background of Meritocratic Theories of Government
  • 2.2 Confucian Political Meritocracy and the Confucian Principle of Well-Being
  • 2.3 Confucian Political Meritocracy and the Confucian Idea of Virtue Politics
  • 2.4 Bicameral Models of Political Meritocracy
  • 2.5 The Vertical Model of Political Meritocracy
  • 2.6 Conclusion
  • 3 The Limits of Confucian Political Meritocracy
  • 3.1 An Epistemic Assessment of Confucian Political Meritocracy
  • 3.2 Lack of Epistemic Diversity
  • 3.3 Epistemic Avoidance
  • 3.4 Underestimation of the Epistemic Functions of Elections
  • 3.5 Overestimation of Voters' Epistemic Responsibilities
  • 3.6 Conclusion
  • 4 China and Singapore: The Myths of Political Meritocracy
  • 4.1 Political Meritocracy and the Evidence Problem
  • 4.2 China and Western Democracies: An Inappropriate Comparison
  • 4.3 Meritocratic Ideology in Singapore
  • 4.4 Democracy in Singapore: From Top-down to Consensual Form of Governance
  • 4.5 Democratic Participation in Contemporary Singapore
  • 4.6 Conclusion
  • PART TWO MERITOCRATIC DEMOCRACY: VALUE OF POLITICAL LEADERS
  • 5 The Democratic Functions of Political Leaders
  • 5.1 Who Is a Political Leader?
  • 5.2 Political Leaders and Contemporary Democratic Theory
  • 5.3 The Rise of Political Leaders in Contemporary Democratic Societies
  • 5.4 Political Leaders and the Systemic Approach to Epistemic Democracy
  • 5.5 Political Leaders' Motivational Force
  • 5.6 Political Leaders and Epistemic Formulation
  • 5.7 Political Leaders and Testimony
  • 5.8 Conclusion
  • 6 A Theory of Public Political Morality
  • 6.1 Democratic Means to Control Political Leaders
  • 6.2 An Agent-Centred Approach to Selecting Political Leaders
  • 6.3 Public-Spiritedness as the Basis of Public Political Morality
  • 6.4 Instrumental Character Traits
  • 6.5 Public Political Morality, Pluralism, and Contextuality
  • 6.6 Conclusion
  • PART THREE MERITOCRATIC DEMOCRACY: VALUE OF POLITICAL PARTIES
  • 7 A Case for the Ethical Screening of Political Leaders
  • 7.1 Rethinking Meritocratic Selection Systems
  • 7.2 Partisan Juries: A Model for Intra-Party Meritocracy
  • 7.3 Intra-Party Ethical Screening, Party Reforms, and Partisan Ethos
  • 7.4 Ethical Screenings as a Corrective to Confucian Democratic Theory
  • 7.5 The Hybrid Legitimacy of Intra-Party Ethical Screenings
  • 7.6 Conclusion
  • 8 Objections to Intra-Party Ethical Screenings