Comments on: 🦋 The Science of Democracy and the limits of an uncompromisingly pluralist approach https://theloop.ecpr.eu/the-science-of-democracy-and-the-limits-of-an-uncompromisingly-pluralist-approach/ ECPR's Political Science Blog Wed, 13 Aug 2025 11:30:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jean-Paul Gagnon https://theloop.ecpr.eu/the-science-of-democracy-and-the-limits-of-an-uncompromisingly-pluralist-approach/#comment-51941 Thu, 07 Aug 2025 03:00:15 +0000 https://theloop.ecpr.eu/?p=23633#comment-51941 One of the more challenging aspects of this discussion has been that many are unhappy with the 'status quo' of democracy but wish to defend their notions of the 'democratic good' without opening avenues for tyrants, despots, and such. I think we're not well versed at speaking in this way and, without much effort, it's simple enough to gather evidence of so-called 'democrats of the status quo' acting like tyrants when proposals for democratic reform come to town. Major political parties are especially guilty of blocking any reforms that may risk them losing power.

Also, today is August 7, publication day! Here is the link to the free (ebook) version of The Sciences of the Democracies: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10211009/

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