In person icon Coercive Measures in Democracy

Abstract

This panel is on coercive measures in democracy. There is a tension in the literature between violence and non-violence in the democratic society. Ramin Jahanbegloo, for example, argues that democracy’s white elephant is the violence underwriting all of democracy’s decisions and norms. The Gandhian moment needs to happen in democracy. We need to understand how to govern without the underlying threat of coercion. But Jane Mansbridge, on the other hand, has recently argued that the democratic society needs more coercive power to curb for example extreme inequality. Democracies need sharper teeth as a means for better policy enforcement which, importantly, is needed for the protection of democracy itself. Which position is right? Is a non-violent democratic society actually possible? What risks does a more coercive democratic society entail? Is there a central solution to this tension?

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