Democracy when the people are thinking : revitalizing our politics through public deliberation / James S. Fishkin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fishkin, James S., author.

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Representative government and representation.

Physical Description:

x, 259 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First editon.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Democracy requires a connection to the 'will of the people'. What does that mean in a world of 'fake news', relentless advocacy, dialogue mostly among the like-minded, and massive spending to manipulate public opinion? What kind of opinion can the public have under such conditions? What would democracy be like if the people were really thinking in depth about the policies they must live with? If they really 'deliberated' with good information about their political choices?

Contents:

1 Party Competition and Its Limits p. 3

2 Deliberation and Reform p. 6

Part II Can the People Rule? p. 13

1 Four Criteria for Popular Control p. 13

2 Four Forms of Democracy p. 23

3 Popular Control in Competitive Democracies p. 27

4 Is There Democracy for "Realists"? p. 31

5 Manipulation p. 35

6 Elite Deliberation and Popular Control: Madison's Filter p. 39

7 Participatory Democracy and Democratic Control: From Town Meetings to Referenda p. 45

8 Reflections on the Athenian Case p. 51

Part III Making Deliberation Practical p. 69

1 Designing Deliberative Democracy p. 69

2 Deliberative Agenda-Setting: California in One Room p. 79 / James S. Fishkin and Thad Kousser and Robert C. Luskin and Alice Siu

3 Mongolia: Deliberative Participatory Budgeting p. 91

4 Applying Deliberative Democracy in Africa: Uganda's First Deliberative Polls p. 100 / James S. Fishkin and Roy William Mayega and Lynn Atuyambe and Nathan Tumuhamye and Julius Ssentongo and Alice Siu and William Bazeyo

5 Deliberating European-Wide? p. 111 / James S. Fishkin and Robert C. Luskin and Alice Siu

Part IV Reimagining Democratic Possibilities p. 137

1 Designs for Deliberation: Where and How? p. 137

2 It Works in Practice, But Does It Work in Theory? p. 140

3 From Thought Experiments to Real Experiments: Reflections on Rawls and Habermas p. 148

4 Deliberative Democracy and Candidate Selection p. 157

5 Texas: Connecting Public Deliberation to Policy Elites p. 160

6 Connecting Deliberative Designs to Participatory Democracy p. 163

7 Deliberating Before Ballot Propositions: Reflecting on the "Australian Republic" p. 166

8 Japan: Deliberation for Hard Choices p. 172

9 Deliberation Day p. 175

10 Connecting Deliberative Democracy to Constitutional Change p. 180

11 Speculating on New Institutions p. 183

12 Mongolia Deliberates on Constitutional Change p. 189

13 "Deliberative Authoritarianism"? p. 195

14 "Deliberative Systems" and Popular Control p. 199

15 Toward Collective Self-Rule p. 208.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780198820291

0198820291

OCLC:

1006802546