Democracy and Competition

Alfred Moore is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics at the University of York. He is the author of Critical Elitism: Deliberation, Democracy, and the Politics of Expertise (Cambridge University Press, 2017), and has written widely on the politics of expertise. His work engages a wide range of themes in contemporary democratic theory, including anonymity and deliberation, democratic non-participation, and the concept of trust. In 2020-21 he held a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship for the project Rethinking Political Competition, and he is currently researching the role of ideas of competition in democratic theory and practice. Samuel Bagg is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of South Carolina. His research aims to reimagine democratic ideals and practices in light of realistic assumptions about the dynamics of social inequality and political power His first book, The Dispersion of Power: A Critical Realist Theory of Democracy (OUP, 2024), offers a comprehensive account of why democracy matters and how to make it better. Other recent work applies this framework to questions of institutional design and organizational structure, as well as the political ethics of identity, discourse, mobilization, and party competition.

• Notes on ContributorsDemocracy and Competition: Renewing Democratic Theory in an Age of Crisis SAMUEL BAGG, AND ALFRED MOOREPart I Rethinking Competition In The History Of Political Thought 2. Schumpeter’s Dare: On the Dangers of Democracy as Competitive Election NATASHA PIANORigging the Game: Conflict and Competition in E. E. Schattschneider's Theory of Democracy ALFRED MOOREPart II Political Competition And / As Public Discourse 4. Competitive Information Environments and Support for Undemocratic Actions JAMES DRUCKMANOn Perfecting the Conduit of Political Communication: The Virtues and Vices of Contestatory and Collaborative Communication Modes ANDRÉ BÄCHTIGERPart III Political, Social, And Economic Competition: Complex Interactions 6. Equalizing Political Competition Fabio WolkensteinHow Much (and What Kind of) Economic Competition is Compatible with Democratic Competition? LIZA HERZOG Competition and the Ethics of Social Movement Activism EMILEE CHAPMAN Competition and Democratic Empowerments MARK WARREN Part IV Competition And Contemporary Democratic Theory 10. In Praise of Friction: Mutual Interference, Parity, and the Benefits of Competition SHAI AGMON AND SAMUEL BAGGWhat Kind of Achievement is Democratic Competition and How Would We Know? ALEXANDER KIRSHNER The Democratic Function of Conflict: Comparing Minimalist, Partisan, and Procedural Conceptions of Democracy SIMONE CHAMBERS Index