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Attila Gergely Mráz
Theories of Authority, Legitimacy, Democracy and Constitutionalism

THESIS TOPIC PROPOSAL

Institute: Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
philosophy
Doctoral School of Philosophy

Thesis supervisor: Attila Gergely Mráz
Location of studies (in Hungarian): ELTE BTK
Abbreviation of location of studies: ELTE


Description of the research topic:

Possible topics include: theories of political authority and power, instrumental (e.g., Raz) and procedural (e.g., Waldron); political obligation and philosophical anarchism; theories of legitimacy (e.g., Buchanan, Klosko, Sangiovanni, Simmons); democratic theory: justifications and values of democracy; majority rule, the right to vote and to run for office (e.g., Waldron); democracy and political equality (e.g., Beitz, Christiano), democracy and social equality (e.g., Kolodny, Viehoff, Wilson), epistemic democracy (e.g., Estlund, Peter, Landemore); deliberative conceptions of democracy (e.g., Cohen, Fishkin, Guttman, Young), instrumental and minimalist theories of democracy (e.g., Arneson, Schumpeter), pragmatism and democracy (e.g., Dewey, Talisse), sortition v. election-based representation; constitutional constraints and democracy; theories of civil disobedience, revolution and other forms of resistance; normative issues in democratic transitions; the political economy of democracy and theories of radical democracies; the political philosophy of the European Union.

Required language skills: angol nyelvű szakszöveg-olvasá
Number of students who can be accepted: 1

Deadline for application: 2024-05-06


2024. IV. 17.
ODT ülés
Az ODT következő ülésére 2024. június 14-én, pénteken 10.00 órakor kerül sor a Semmelweis Egyetem Szenátusi termében (Bp. Üllői út 26. I. emelet).

 
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