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Deliberative democracy : issues and cases / edited by Stephen Elstub and Peter McLaverty

Published
Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, 2014.
Copyright Date
©2014
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 227 pages) : illustrations, tables
Additional Creators
Elstub, Stephen and Mclaverty, Peter
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Contents
1. Conflict and deliberation / Georgina Blakeley -- 2. Inequality and deliberative democracy / Peter McLaverty -- 3. Expertise and deliberative democracy / Mark B. Brown -- 4. Interests, public policy and deliberation / Juraj Cintula -- 5. Pluralism and deliberative democracy / Ian O'Flynn -- 6. Citizen competence and the psychology of deliberation / Shawn W. Rosenberg -- 7. Sc̀aling up' deliberation / Alda Wegmann -- 8. Sequencing deliberative democracy to promote public openness / Jurg Steiner -- 9. The public sphere as a site of deliberation: an analysis of problems of inclusion / Maija Setala -- 10. Mini-publics: issues and cases / Stephen Elstub.
Summary
Deliberative Democracy is the darling of democratic theory and political theory more generally, and generates international interest. In this book a number of leading democratic theorists address the key issues that surround the theory and practice of deliberative democracy. The problems faced by deliberative democracy are outlined in the context of the available empirical evidence, solutions are surveyed, and new and innovative ideas are proposed to resolve these issues. Each chapter takes a key issue as its focus: Conflict ́⁰Ø Inequality ́⁰Ø Expertise ́⁰Ø Interests ́⁰Ø Pluralism ́⁰Ø Citizens' Psychological Attributes ́⁰Ø Scale ́⁰Ø Public Openness ́⁰Ø The Public Sphere ́⁰Ø Minipublics Key Features. Makes a profound contribution to the development of deliberative democracy in theory and practice Weighs in on the ongoing, and increasingly urgent, debates about the meaning, desirability and practicality of deliberative democracy The contributors have all written widely about deliberative democracy
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ISBN
9780748643509 (electronic bk.)
0748643508 (electronic bk.)
0748643494 (hbk.)
9780748643493
0748643486 (pbk.)
9780748643486
9780748686506
0748686509
9780748678068
0748678069
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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