La questione della rappresentanza nell'età della post-democrazia

In the last decade of the twentieth century, after the third wave of democratizations, normativism characterized political theory: reaching democratic stability through the use of public reason was its principal aim. Representative democracy seemed to be safe and without dangerous internal enemies. Since the first years of the new century, democratic regimes appeared to be weaker and often in a critical condition, mainly because of post-ideological political parties inability to build a deep and strong connection between citizens and their representatives. This paper follows the theories of the crisis of liberal democracy, juxtaposing two widely discussed models: Colin Crouch’s «post-democracy» and Pierre Rosanvallon’s «counterdemocracy