Democracy as Public Deliberation

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Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents The contributors 1 Introduction: democracy as public deliberation Normative perspectives Institutional perspectives Part I: Normative perspectives 2 Political legitimacy and democratic deliberation Justice in multicultural societies Neutrality Perfectionism Deliberation 3 Five arguments for deliberative democracy The process of public deliberation has an educative power The process of public deliberation has a community-generating power The procedure of public deliberation improves the fairness of democratic outcomes Public deliberation contributes constructively to the practical rationality of democratic outcomes Deliberative democracy elucidates an ideal of democracy that is most congruent with 'who we are' Conclusion 4 Deliberation, citizenship and identity Deliberative obligations Arguments for deliberation Citizenship and identity Conclusion 5 Rawls and deliberative democracy Layered ambiguities: Rawls on public reason The Rawlsian mirror The more things change ... Forward to the origins? Part II: Institutional perspectives 6 Deliberation and decision making: discontinuity in the two-track model Deliberative democracy: the basic model Deliberation and decision making: a two-track model? Bridging the apparent discontinuity Augmenting motivational concerns with institutional ones Conclusion 7 Citizens' juries and deliberative democracy Towards deliberative institutions Citizens' juries: innovative deliberative institution? Inclusivity Deliberation Citizenship Lessons from citizens' juries? 8 Democratic deliberation and cultural rights: the Orange Order march at Drumcree Deliberative democracy and deep conflict The threat to political accommodation Rights as a condition of equal citizenship A virtual dialogue Assessing the competing claims Political legitimacy and cultural expression 9 Is deliberative democracy unfair to disadvantaged groups? Critiques of deliberative democracy Inequality in deliberative institutions Is deliberation biased against disadvantaged groups? Alternatives to deliberation Index