民主的自治困境:告密和披露政治

IF 4.1 1区 社会学 Q1 SOCIOLOGY
T. Olesen
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摘要

民主从一开始就以自治困境为特征。一方面,我们认为组织按照自己的代码和逻辑工作是至关重要的。另一方面,我们坚持自治绝不能是完全的,公民有权越界揭露不法行为。由于举报人在不法行为发生的组织中处于内部位置,因此在这种民主的信息披露政治中占据着独特的地位,迄今为止,这种政治还没有从社会学的角度进行理论化。本文将采取四个步骤来解决这一空白:首先,我将举报置于20世纪60年代和70年代发生的民主滑坡之中;其次,我把它从新闻和行动主义等实践中分离出来;第三,我认为,举报人在发现组织内部的正常不法行为方面处于特别有利的地位;第四,我讨论了举报人最显著的影响是如何揭露了民主雷达下的灰色地带。
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Democracy’s Autonomy Dilemma: Whistleblowing and the Politics of Disclosure
Democracy has been characterized from its outset by an autonomy dilemma. On the one hand, we think it vital that organizations work according to their own codes and logics. On the other hand, we insist that autonomy must never be complete, that citizens have a right to transgress boundaries to expose wrongdoing. With their insider position in the organizations where wrongdoing occurs, whistleblowers hold a unique place within this democratic politics of disclosure, which has so far not been sociologically theorized. This article takes four steps to address this lacuna: First, I situate whistleblowing within the democratic landslides that took place during the 1960s and 1970s; second, I disentangle it from practices such as journalism and activism; third, I argue that whistleblowers are particularly well positioned to detect normalized wrongdoing within organizations; and fourth, I discuss how whistleblowers’ most pronounced effect is the disclosure of gray areas that have gone under the democratic radar.
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Sociological Theory
Sociological Theory SOCIOLOGY-
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6.90
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期刊介绍: Published for the American Sociological Association, this important journal covers the full range of sociological theory - from ethnomethodology to world systems analysis, from commentaries on the classics to the latest cutting-edge ideas, and from re-examinations of neglected theorists to metatheoretical inquiries. Its themes and contributions are interdisciplinary, its orientation pluralistic, its pages open to commentary and debate. Renowned for publishing the best international research and scholarship, Sociological Theory is essential reading for sociologists and social theorists alike.
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