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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elstub, Stephen, Author.

Contributor:

Elstub, Stephen.

Mclaverty, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deliberative democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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"

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

ISBN:

9780748643509

0748643508

OCLC:

876044937