An Agonistic Theory of Democratic Parliamentarism. The Case of the Walloon Parliament

Chantal Mouffe is one of the most discussed political theorists recent years. One her important theoretical contributions critique deliberative democracy for its inability to think in terms antagonism and dissensus. The aim this paper therefore examine what extent Mouffe’s theory democracy, which she calls “agonistic pluralism” proposes as an alternative can be used about role parliamentary institution a democratic polity. To end, we mobilize qualitative method based on realisation fifteen semi-structured interviews order analyze case Walloon Parliament, with showing how parliamentarism realizes staging which, according Mouffe, founds domain political1.