Deliberative democracy : issues and cases / edited by Stephen Elstub and Peter McLaverty.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Elstub, Stephen.

Mclaverty, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deliberative democracy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages): illustrations, tables

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Liberal democracy around the world is in crisis and deliberative democracy is increasingly seen as the solution. Yet despite its meteoric growth in popularity, there are gaps in the case for deliberative democracy that plague its study hindering its further development and its approximation in practice - that still need to be addressed and resolved. Empirical evidence on deliberative democracy is enabling new perspectives on these key issues to emerge, allowing the theory of deliberative democracy to be reconsidered. In this book leading democratic theorists and empiricists, who have written widely about deliberative democracy, address 10 of these crucial issues. They outline the problems, survey the solutions suggested to them, and provide new and innovative ideas to resolve the issues thereby making a profound contribution to the development of deliberative democracy in theory and practice and to the ongoing, and increasingly urgent, debates about the meaning, desirability and practicality of deliberative democracy. Introduction provides a brief historical overview of deliberative democracy Includes chapters on each of the 10 key problems associated with deliberative democracy: conflict, inequality, expertise, public policy, pluralism, citizen competence, 'scaling up', public openness, inclusion and mini-publics Reflects on the future of deliberative democracy and the remaining challenges for developing a deliberative system Combines new and distinctive theoretical insights with up-to-date empirical evidence on vital issues in deliberative democracy Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Conflict and deliberation / Georgina Blakeley Blakeley, Georgina 17

2 Inequality and deliberative democracy / Peter NlcLaverty NlcLaverty, Peter 34

3 Expertise and deliberative democracy / Mark B. Brown Brown, Mark B. 50

4 Interests, public policy and deliberation / Dan-en R. Halpin Halpin, Dan-en R., Juraj Cintula Cintula, Juraj 69

5 Pluralism and deliberative democracy / Alanlio Cinalli Cinalli, Alanlio, Ian O'Fylnn O'Fylnn, Ian 82

6 Citizen competence and the psychology of deliberation / Shawn W. Rosenberg Rosenberg, Shawn W. 98

7 'Scaling up' deliberation / André Bächtiger Bächtiger, André, Alda Wegmann Wegmann, Alda 118

8 Sequencing deliberative democracy to promote public openness / Jürg Steiner Steiner, Jürg 136

9 The public sphere as a site of deliberation: an analysis of problems of inclusion / Mafia Setälä Setälä, Mafia 149

10 Mini-publics: issues and cases / Stephen Elstub Elstub, Stephen 166.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 13, 2014).

Local Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Other Format:

Print version: Deliberative democracy : issues and cases.

ISBN:

9780748643509

OCLC:

876044937

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.