Abstract
Transparency in internet regulation and governance: arguments and counter-arguments with some methodological reflections
Highlights
Our increasingly globalized society seems to be going through a deep crisis
Habermas’s (1984, 1987) contribution to sociological and politico-legal analysis is centred on argumentation theory. His approach to the study of arguments has always emphasised the ‘normative’ aspect (e.g. Habermas 1990), and he has always kept an eye on the wider, social contexts of argumentative events, in order to be able to complement any analysis of interactional, face-to-face argumentative exchanges with a focus on the wider, societal contexts. At this point of our argument we want to make clear that we do acknowledge the necessity of complementing the study of arguments with political analyses, but, following Habermas and those who built on his work, it is necessary to emphasise that any action, including those carried out in the ‘political’ sphere, must be able to stand to critical scrutiny, i.e. actors should be able to provide ‘reasons’ for them
After reviewing several influential contributions to the study of arguments as applied to practical/politico-legal and Public Policy and Administration (PPA) discourses, in the first part of the article we introduced our own take on the debate
Summary
Our increasingly globalized society seems to be going through a deep crisis Such globalization is a complex phenomenon but it implies an inexorable transformation of our society, characterized by multiculturalism and diversity. Our aim is to highlight the importance of (re)evaluating a more comprehensive point of view, inclusive of intersectional and different knowledges/savours, which instead of excluding each other, it is enmeshed and intertwined in them. Through this methodological renewal, it becomes possible to understand the revolution imported by the Internet as well as our current information era. Before undertaking such reflections a discussion of the background disciplinary and methodological controversies surrounding our contribution will be tackled
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