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Deliberative Democracy

By Jon Elster (Editor)

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1998
ISBN
0521592968, 0521596963, 1139175009, 9781139175005, 9780521592963, 9780521596961
DOI
10.1017/CBO9781139175005
LCC
JC423 .D3892 1998
Google Books ID
KBFWvgAACAAJ
Open Library ID
OL685249M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15895767 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in the Theory of Democracy, 1
Pages
xi, 282 p\295
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2024-04-04 00:15:31

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, that is decision by discussion or deliberation. The original contributions include case studies based on historical and current instances of deliberative democracy, normative discussion of the merits of deliberation compared to other models of collective decision-making, and studies of the conditions under which it tends to improve the quality of decisions. 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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