Manipulação estratégica, elite política e qualidade da democracia: revisitando o conceito de herestese, de William H. Riker

Carlos Federico Domínguez Avila; Aldira Guimarães Duarte Domínguez

doi:10.35305/rr.v4i8.126

Authors

Carlos Federico Domínguez Avila Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2377-276X
Aldira Guimarães Duarte Domínguez Universidade de Brasilia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6481-6055

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35305/rr.v4i8.126

Keywords:

Theory of political elites, Conceptual history of politics, Quality of democracy, Political regime, Heresthetics

Abstract

The article examines the concept of heresthetics, originally proposed by William H. Riker, in the 1980s. This concept concerns to the art of strategic manipulation in democratic politics, whether between leaders and citizens, or between members of the elite or ruling class. In theoretical-methodological terms, the article is inspired by the theory of political elites, the conceptual history of politics, and interdisciplinary studies on the quality of democracy. It is inferred that the concept of heresthetics assumes a very significant relevance in the context of numerous cases of democratic backsliding, a situation partially attributed to the – disheartening – performance of political elites, both in liberal democracies and in electoral democracies.

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Author Biography

Carlos Federico Domínguez Avila, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Atualmente realiza estágio de pós-doutoramento no Programa de Pós-graduação em Relações Internacionais da UERJ, com bolsa da Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

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