Author : Jon Elster
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 30,84 MB
Release : 1998-03-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780521596961
This volume assesses the strengths and weaknesses of deliberative democracy.
Author : James S. Fishkin
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 36,58 MB
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780300051636
Proposes a new kind of democracy that would give citizens more power in nominating the president by incorporating a national caucus in which a representative sample of American citizens would explore and define issues with the candidates before voting
Author : Ethan J. Leib
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 17,19 MB
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780271045290
We are taught in civics class that the Constitution provides for three basic branches of government: executive, judicial, and legislative. While the President and Congress as elected by popular vote are representative, can they really reflect accurately the will and sentiment of the populace? Or do money and power dominate everyday politics to the detriment of true self-governance? Is there a way to put &"We the people&" back into government? Ethan Leib thinks there is and offers this blueprint for a fourth branch of government as a way of giving the people a voice of their own. While drawing on the rich theoretical literature about deliberative democracy, Leib concentrates on designing an institutional scheme for embedding deliberation in the practice of American democratic government. At the heart of his scheme is a process for the adjudication of issues of public policy by assemblies of randomly selected citizens convened to debate and vote on the issues, resulting in the enactment of laws subject both to judicial review and to possible veto by the executive and legislative branches. The &"popular&" branch would fulfill a purpose similar to the ballot initiative and referendum but avoid the shortcomings associated with those forms of direct democracy. Leib takes special pains to show how this new branch would be integrated with the already existing governmental and political institutions of our society, including administrative agencies and political parties, and would thus complement rather than supplant them.
Author : Shawn W. Rosenberg
Publisher : Springer
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 28,43 MB
Release : 2007-11-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0230591086
Political participation is falling and citizen alienation and cynicism is increasing. This volume brings together the first work of this kind by leading scholars in the US and Europe to consider the issue. Four of the leading philosophers of deliberative democracy contribute their commentaries on the groundbreaking empirical research.
Author : James Bohman
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 36,89 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780262522410
The contributions in this anthology address tensions that arise between reason and politics in a democracy inspired by the ideal of achieving reasoned agreement among free and equal citizens.
Author : Guido Pincione
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 14,7 MB
Release : 2006-07-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521862698
This book offers a comprehensive and sustained critique of theories of deliberative democracy.
Author : André Bächtiger
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1054 pages
File Size : 26,71 MB
Release : 2018-08-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0191064572
Deliberative democracy has been one of the main games in contemporary political theory for two decades, growing enormously in size and importance in political science and many other disciplines. The Oxford Handbook of Deliberative Democracy takes stock of deliberative democracy as a research field, in philosophy, in various research programmes in the social sciences and law, and in political practice around the globe. It provides a concise history of deliberative ideals in political thought and discusses their philosophical origins. The Handbook locates deliberation in political systems with different spaces, publics, and venues, including parliaments, courts, governance networks, protests, mini-publics, old and new media, and everyday talk. It engages with practical applications, mapping deliberation as a reform movement and as a device for conflict resolution, documenting the practice and study of deliberative democracy around the world and in global governance.
Author : Amy Gutmann
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 23,86 MB
Release : 2009-01-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1400826330
The most widely debated conception of democracy in recent years is deliberative democracy--the idea that citizens or their representatives owe each other mutually acceptable reasons for the laws they enact. Two prominent voices in the ongoing discussion are Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson. In Why Deliberative Democracy?, they move the debate forward beyond their influential book, Democracy and Disagreement. What exactly is deliberative democracy? Why is it more defensible than its rivals? By offering clear answers to these timely questions, Gutmann and Thompson illuminate the theory and practice of justifying public policies in contemporary democracies. They not only develop their theory of deliberative democracy in new directions but also apply it to new practical problems. They discuss bioethics, health care, truth commissions, educational policy, and decisions to declare war. In "What Deliberative Democracy Means," which opens this collection of essays, they provide the most accessible exposition of deliberative democracy to date. They show how deliberative democracy should play an important role even in the debates about military intervention abroad. Why Deliberative Democracy? contributes to our understanding of how democratic citizens and their representatives can make justifiable decisions for their society in the face of the fundamental disagreements that are inevitable in diverse societies. Gutmann and Thompson provide a balanced and fair-minded approach that will benefit anyone intent on giving reason and reciprocity a more prominent place in politics than power and special interests.
Author : Simone Chambers
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 32,49 MB
Release : 2000-09-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 074257654X
Is deliberative democracy the ideal goal of free speech? How do social movement organizations, activists, and political candidates use the media to frame their discourse? What responsibilities does the media have in maintaining or promoting democracy? In this broadly interdisciplinary volume, top scholars in communication, political science, sociology, law, and philosophy offer new perspectives on these and other intersections within democratic discourse and media. Interweaving elements of social, political, and communication theory, they take on First Amendment and legal issues, privacy rights, media effects and agenda setting, publicity, multiculturalism, gender issues, universalism and global culture, and the rhetoric of the body, among other topics. This unique book provides a foundation for evaluating the current state of democratic discourse and will be of interest to students and scholars of deliberative democracy across the social sciences.
Author : Robert Asen
Publisher : Penn State University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,88 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Deliberative democracy
ISBN : 9780271067094
"Robert Asen explores the ways that school board members in the U.S. engage each other to make decisions for their local communities. He addresses issues of ideology, scarcity, expertise, and trust while examining the perils and promise of local policymaking"--Provided by publisher.
