Neo-liberal definitions of democracy, between critics and recategorization

Les définitions néolibérales de la démocratie, entre critique et recatégorisation

Nathanaël Colin-Jaeger (1) , Carolina Verlengia (1)

1 TRIANGLE - Triangle : action, discours, pensée politique et économique

This introduction to the dossier offers an overview of the different relationships between neoliberalism and democracy. After defining the concept of neoliberalism we develop a typology of the relations between neoliberalism and democracy, highlighting (i) an opposition of neoliberals to a certain concept of democracy, understood as popular sovereignty, (ii) a defense of a limited and framed democracy, taking the form of a constitutional democracy, and finally (iii) a defense of the normative ideal of individual sovereignty realized in the market as converging with the concept of democracy. This introduction therefore proposes a survey of contemporary research in the field, but also contributes to clarifying the issues at stake. Finally, we present the dossier and how the contributions fit into our typology.

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société; Philosophie; Science politique

Nathanaël Colin-Jaeger, Carolina Verlengia. Les définitions néolibérales de la démocratie, entre critique et recatégorisation. Consecutio Rerum : rivista critica della postmodernità, 2020, Démocratie et néolibéralisme, Anno V (9), pp.7-24. ⟨hal-03154655⟩