Deliberative Democracy : : Issues and Cases / / Stephen Elstub, Peter McLaverty.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Elstub, Stephen,; McLaverty, Peter,
• MitwirkendeR: Blakeley, Georgina,; Brown, Mark B.,; Bächtiger, André,; Cinalli, Manlio,; Cintula, Juraj,; Elstub, Stephen,; Halpin, Darren R.,; McLaverty, Peter,; O'Flynn, Ian,; Rosenberg, Shawn W.,; Setälä, Maija,; Steiner, Jürg,; Wegmann, Alda,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

Addresses the problems with deliberative democracy - and potential solutions - in the context of empirical evidenceGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748643486','ISBN:9780748643493','ISBN:9780748643509','ISBN:9780748686506']);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 • Inequality • Expertise • Interests • Pluralism • Citizens' Psychological Attributes • Scale • Public Openness • The Public Sphere • MinipublicsKey FeaturesMakes a profound contribution to the development of deliberative democracy in theory and practiceWeighs in on the ongoing, and increasingly urgent, debates about the meaning, desirability and practicality of deliberative democracyThe contributors have all written widely about deliberative democracyFind Out MoreFind out more about the authors of Deliberative Democracy: view the full Notes on Contributors"

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: issues and cases in deliberative democracy -- Conflict and deliberation -- Inequality and deliberative democracy -- Expertise and deliberative democracy Mark B. -- Interests, public policy and deliberation -- Pluralism and deliberative democracy -- Citizen competence and the psychology of deliberation -- 'Scaling up' deliberation -- Sequencing deliberative democracy to promote public openness -- The public sphere as a site of deliberation: an analysis of problems of inclusion -- Conclusion: the future of deliberative democracy -- References -- Index