This ground breaking book provides empirical and theoretical insights into the interface between deliberative democracy and the rough and tumble of interest groups in advocacy politics. It examines how deliberative ideals work alongside the adversarial realties of interest-based politics.
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PART I: SETTING THE SCENE Public Deliberation in the Context of Interest Advocacy Worlds Apart or Connected? Interest Advocacy and Public Deliberation The Features and Principles of Citizens’ Forums PART II: EMPIRICAL INSIGHTS CDL Case: Deliberation Waste Gene Tech Case: Deliberation Digested Consumer Case: Deliberation Over-Protected Diagnostics Case: Deliberation Tested PART III: IMPLICATIONS The Challenges of Citizens’ Forums Strategic Uses of Public Deliberation Accommodating Interest Advocacy in Public Deliberation References Index
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CAROLYN HENDRIKS is Senior Lecturer at the Crawford School of Government and Economics at the Australian National University. She has a background in both political science and environmental engineering, and has taught and published widely on the application and politics of inclusive and deliberative forms of citizen engagement.
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