Debating Deliberative Democracy explores the nature and value of deliberation, the feasibility and desirability of consensus on contentious issues, the implications of institutional complexity and cultural diversity for democratic decision making, and the significance of voting and majority rule in deliberative arrangements.
* Investigates the nature and value of deliberation, the feasibility and desirability of consensus on contentious issues, the implications of institutional complexity and cultural diversity for democratic decision making, and the significance of voting and majority rule in deliberative arrangements.
* Includes focus on institutions and makes reference to empirical work.
* Engages a debate that cuts across political science, philosophy, the law and other disciplines.
Cuprins
Notes on Contributors.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
1. Deliberation Day: Bruce Ackerman and James S. Fishkin.
2. Deliberative Democracy Beyond Process: Amy Gutmann and Dennis
Thompson.
3. Democratic Deliberation Within: Robert E. Goodin.
4. The Law of Group Polarization: Cass R. Sunstein.
5. Activist Challenges to Deliberative Democracy: Iris Marion
Young.
6. Optimal Deliberation?: Ian Shapiro.
7. Deliberative Democracy, the Discursive Dilemma and Republican
Theory: Philip Pettit.
8. Street-level Epistemology and Democratic Participation:
Russell Hardin.
9. Deliberative Democracy and Social Choice: David Miller.
10. Deliberation Between Institutions: Jeffrey K. Tulis.
11. Environmental Ethics and the Obsolescence of Existing
Political Institutions: Peter Laslett.
Index.
Despre autor
James S. Fishkin holds the Patterson-Banister Chair at the
University of Texas at Austin, where he is Professor of Government,
Law, and Philosophy. His publications include Democracy and
Deliberation (1991), The Dialogue of Justice (1992), and
The Voice of the People (1995).
Peter Laslett (1915-2001) was a Fellow of Trinity
College, Cambridge. His publications include The World We Have
Lost (1984) and A Fresh Map of Life (1989).
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