Democracy as Public Deliberation
Author: Maurizio Passerin d'Entrèves
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 884
ISBN-13: 9780719061011
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Public Deliberation
Author: James Bohman
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780262522786
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn understanding of the ways in which public deliberation can be extended to meet the needs of modern societies even in the face of increasing pluralism, inequality, an social complexity.
Deliberative Democracy
Author: James Bohman
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9780262522410
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Rhetorical Citizenship and Public Deliberation
Author: Christian Kock
Publisher: Penn State Press
Published: 2015-06-29
Total Pages: 351
ISBN-13: 0271060298
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCitizenship has long been a central topic among educators, philosophers, and political theorists. Using the phrase “rhetorical citizenship” as a unifying perspective, Rhetorical Citizenship and Public Deliberation aims to develop an understanding of citizenship as a discursive phenomenon, arguing that discourse is not prefatory to real action but in many ways constitutive of civic engagement. To accomplish this, the book brings together, in a cross-disciplinary effort, contributions by scholars in fields that rarely intersect. For the most part, discussions of citizenship have focused on aspects that are central to the “liberal” tradition of social thought—that is, questions of the freedoms and rights of citizens and groups. This collection gives voice to a “republican” conception of citizenship. Seeing participation and debate as central to being a citizen, this tradition looks back to the Greek city-states and republican Rome. Citizenship, in this sense of the word, is rhetorical citizenship. Rhetoric is thus at the core of being a citizen. Aside from the editors, the contributors are John Adams, Paula Cossart, Jonas Gabrielsen, Jette Barnholdt Hansen, Kasper Møller Hansen, Sine Nørholm Just, Ildikó Kaposi, William Keith, Bart van Klink, Marie Lund Klujeff, Manfred Kraus, Oliver W. Lembcke, Berit von der Lippe, James McDonald, Niels Møller Nielsen, Tatiana Tatarchevskiy, Italo Testa, Georgia Warnke, Kristian Wedberg, and Stephen West.
Deliberative Democracy in America
Author: Ethan J. Leib
Publisher: Penn State Press
Published: 2010-11-01
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780271045290
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWe 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.
Why Deliberative Democracy?
Author: Amy Gutmann
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2009-01-10
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 1400826330
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Rational Choice and Democratic Deliberation
Author: Guido Pincione
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006-07-24
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 0521862698
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers a comprehensive and sustained critique of theories of deliberative democracy.
Deliberative Democracy in Practice
Author: David Kahane
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 2010-07-01
Total Pages: 267
ISBN-13: 0774859083
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDeliberative democracy is a dominant paradigm in normative political philosophy. Deliberative democrats want politics to be more than a clash of contending interests, and they believe political decisions should emerge from reasoned dialogue among citizens. But can these ideals be realized in complex and unjust societies? This book brings together leading scholars who explore debates in deliberative democratic theory in four areas of practice: education, constitutions and state boundaries, indigenous-settler relations, and citizen participation and public consultation. This dynamic volume casts new light on the strengths and limitations of deliberative democratic theory, offering guidance to policy makers and to students and scholars interested in democratic justice.
The Politics of Public Deliberation
Author: Carolyn M. Hendriks
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2012-10-12
Total Pages: 471
ISBN-13: 0230347568
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
Deliberation, Participation and Democracy
Author: Shawn W. Rosenberg
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2007-11-09
Total Pages: 323
ISBN-13: 0230591086
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPolitical 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.
