The right to protest and contestation in a deliberative democracy

This chapter explores and analyses the scope and the role that contestation and the right to protest may play in a legitimate, constitutional, deliberative democracy. It develops a normative argument to show that the right to protest is not only linked with personal wellbeing, but also crucial for t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Martí, José Luis
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10230/72384
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10230/72384
http://hdl.handle.net/10230/72384
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Moviments de protesta
Moviments socials
Drets fonamentals
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Sumario:This chapter explores and analyses the scope and the role that contestation and the right to protest may play in a legitimate, constitutional, deliberative democracy. It develops a normative argument to show that the right to protest is not only linked with personal wellbeing, but also crucial for the legitimacy of a republican deliberative democracy. The chapter argues that the right to protest should be constitutionally recognised in a direct, explicit form, not as a derivative right covered by other fundamental rights. It attempts to provide a reason why the rights of contestation or to protest should be recognised and protected constitutionally as specific rights. The chapter concludes by to have showing why constitutional systems should explicitly recognise that the right to protest should be a fundamental democratic right for all citizens. Democratic constitutions do not usually recognise a right to political protest as a fundamental right.