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Relegitimation of Modern Democracy: New Understanding of Its Election-centric Structure

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K01432
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 06010:Politics-related
Research InstitutionHokkaido University

Principal Investigator

SORAI Mamoru  北海道大学, 公共政策学連携研究部, 教授 (10242067)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords現代デモクラシー / 古典デモクラシー / 選挙中心的理解 / レファレンダム中心的理解 / 政策決定理由 / 選挙 / レファレンダム
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the field of comparative politics, democracy is understood usually as a type of political regime. Being a theoretical inquiry in that field, this research aimed at bolstering the legitimacy of modern democracy, which is a subtype of democracy.
This research has corroborated the logical coherency of modern democracy in terms of its election-centric structure. It has also verified that as far as we understand a basic structure of modern politics correctly and realistically, it is not well-grounded to think that modern democracy doesn’t deserve a default status of democracy because of its inferiority to the other subtype of democracy, that is classical democracy having referendum-centric structure as its characteristic.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

選挙された政策決定者による政策決定を特徴とする現代デモクラシーについては,欠如態的な理解,いわば「キズモノ」的な理解が,学界と一般社会とを問わず広く行われている。それが政治体制型として十分な論理的一貫性を備え,かつレファレンダムによる政策決定を特徴とする古典デモクラシーに対して劣位に置かれるべきものではないことを論証した本研究は,現代デモクラシー型と認定される政治体制(=現代民主体制)の存在意義に疑念が広がりつつある今日,その疑念を一定程度払拭し,現代民主体制の正統性を補強するものとして,学術的と社会的の両方の意義を併せ持つ。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2020 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (1 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Invited: 1 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 民主主義は脆弱で権威主義は強靭か2020

    • Author(s)
      空井 護
    • Journal Title

      日本比較政治学会年報第22号 民主主義の脆弱性と権威主義の強靭性

      Volume: 22 Pages: 3-29

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 「民主主義が脆弱で権威主義が強靭であるとはどういうことか」2019

    • Author(s)
      空井護
    • Organizer
      日本比較政治学会2019年度研究大会・共通論題
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 共通論題「世代と政治――もう一つの「静かなる革命」)コメント2018

    • Author(s)
      空井 護
    • Organizer
      2018年度日本政治学会研究大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Book] デモクラシーの整理法2020

    • Author(s)
      空井 護
    • Total Pages
      246
    • Publisher
      岩波書店
    • ISBN
      9784004318590
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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