Montanaro, Laura (2019) Discursive Exit. American Journal of Political Science, 63 (4). pp. 875-887. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12463
Montanaro, Laura (2019) Discursive Exit. American Journal of Political Science, 63 (4). pp. 875-887. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12463
Montanaro, Laura (2019) Discursive Exit. American Journal of Political Science, 63 (4). pp. 875-887. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12463
Abstract
Some women did not participate in the Women’s March, rejecting its claims of unity and solidarity because white women mobilize only in their self-interest. This is a form of exit with three features: (1) rejecting a political claim; (2) providing reasons to the power-wielder and the broader public; (3) demanding accountability both as sanction and as deliberation, which requires a discussion about the claim – in this case, the meaning of the group and the terms on which it understands itself. This combination of exit, voice, and deliberative accountability might accurately be called ‘discursive exit.’ Discursive exit addresses conceptual and normative limitations of standard accounts of exit, voice, and loyalty, in particular, when exit and voice are imperfect — because exit can be seen as disapproval of an entire cause — and morally problematic — because voice ‘from within’ implies that cause trumps disagreement, leaving people morally complicit in an unwelcome exercise of power.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Democratic theory; exit; voice; Discursive exit; accountability; The Women's March |
Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Government, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 19 Jul 2019 15:18 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 16:21 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/25017 |
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