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Deliberative Democracy

By Jon Elster

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1998
ISBN
0521596963, 9780521596961, 0521592968, 9780521592963
LCC
JC423 .D3892 1998
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12593376 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in the Theory of Democracy
Pages
296\300
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

It is sometimes assumed that voting is the central mechanism for political decision making. The contributors to this volume focus on an alternative mechanism, which is decision by discussion or deliberation. This volume is characterized by a realistic approach to the issue of deliberative democracy. Rather than assuming that deliberative democracy is always ideal, the authors critically probe its limits and weaknesses as well as its strengths.

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