RT Article T1 Degrees of democraticity JF Oñati Socio-Legal Series VO 1 IS 5 SP 1 OP 13 A1 Bergström, Lars 1935- LA English YR 2011 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1689878258 AB People have tended to load their different conceptions of democracy with their own political ideals; in this paper it is argued that normative and definitional questions should rather be separated, so that political philosophers and political scientists may adopt the same concept of democracy, even if they disagree normatively or politically. Moreover, it is argued that we should replace an absolute notion of democracy by a relativized notion, which allows for different degrees of democraticity. This facilitates the separation of normative and conceptual issues and it is convenient in contexts in which “democratic deficits” are discussed – as e.g. when democracy is to be implemented on a supranational level. Moreover, it has the consequence that democratic deficits are not necessarily bad. K1 Demokratisierung K1 Korruption K1 Ross, Alf K1 Changes of Power K1 Corruption K1 Democracy K1 Discrimination K1 Individual Rights K1 Representation K1 Subsidiarity DO 10.15496/publikation-38291