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Krisentheorien der Demokratie: Unregierbarkeit, Spätkapitalismus und Postdemokratie

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Dieser Aufsatz greift die in den Siebzigerjahren entwickelten Argumente zur Unregierbarkeit einerseits und zum Spätkapitalismus andererseits auf und befragt sie nach ihrer heutigen Relevanz. Beide Denkschulen erkannten eine Überforderung des Staats. Während linke Autoren die Ursache in den Widersprüchen des Kapitalismus sahen, machten Konservative die Anspruchsinflation von Transferempfängern und die Überdehnung demokratischer Partizipation verantwortlich. Anhand empirischer Trends aus den OECD-Staaten wird dargestellt, wie der Staat seit der Unregierbarkeitsdebatte gesellschaftliche Ansprüche abwehrt, indem er dem Markt mehr Geltung verschafft und die eigenen Steuerungsansprüche reduziert. Gemessen an den damaligen Prognosen hat der Staat Handlungsfähigkeit gewonnen. Dadurch ist jedoch der Ansehensverlust der Politik nicht gestoppt, sondern beschleunigt worden. Keine der beiden Denkschulen übersteht die Durchsicht ihrer Argumente unbeschadet. Doch sind vor allem die Argumente der Neomarxisten an die aktuelle Diskussion über den Übergang zur Postdemokratie anschlussfähig.

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  • Schäfer, Armin, 2008. "Krisentheorien der Demokratie: Unregierbarkeit, Spätkapitalismus und Postdemokratie," MPIfG Discussion Paper 08/10, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.
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