Deliberative Democracy and the Plural Polity

Deliberative Democracy and the Plural Polity
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Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39076002391527
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Synopsis Deliberative Democracy and the Plural Polity by : Michael Rabinder James

In this pathbreaking work, the author integrates questions of justice and stability through a model of deliberative democracy in the plural polity. "Deliberative Democracy and the Plural Polity" provides a realistic but critical reform agenda that can animate struggles for justice in an enormously diverse world.

Deliberative Democracy

Deliberative Democracy
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 112
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ISBN-10 : 9781509523498
ISBN-13 : 1509523499
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Deliberative Democracy by : Ian O'Flynn

Today, deliberative democracy is the most widely discussed theory of democracy. Its proponents argue that important decisions of law and policy should ideally turn not on the force of numbers but on the force of the better argument. However, it continues to strike some as little more than wishful thinking. In this new book, Ian O’Flynn examines how the concept has developed over recent decades, the family disagreements which have emerged, and the criticisms that have been levelled at it. Grappling with the familiar charge that ordinary people lack the motivation and capacity for meaningful deliberation, O’Flynn considers the example of deliberative polls and citizens’ assemblies and critically assesses how such forums can fit within a broader democratic system. He then considers the implications of deliberative democracy for multicultural and multi-ethnic societies before turning to the prospects for the most ambitious deliberative project of all: global deliberative democracy. This book will be essential reading for students and scholars of democratic theory, as well as anyone who is curious about the prospects for more rational decision-making in an age of populist passion.

Democracy Without Shortcuts

Democracy Without Shortcuts
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Total Pages : 279
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ISBN-10 : 9780198848189
ISBN-13 : 0198848188
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis Democracy Without Shortcuts by : Cristina Lafont

This book defends the value of democratic participation. It aims to improve citizens' democratic control and vindicate the value of citizens' participation against conceptions that threaten to undermine it.

Deliberative Systems

Deliberative Systems
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 205
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ISBN-10 : 9781107025394
ISBN-13 : 1107025397
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Deliberative Systems by : John Parkinson

A major new statement of deliberative theory that shows how states, even transnational systems, can be deliberatively democratic.

The Oxford Handbook of Deliberative Democracy

The Oxford Handbook of Deliberative Democracy
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 1054
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ISBN-10 : 9780191064579
ISBN-13 : 0191064572
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Deliberative Democracy by : André Bächtiger

Deliberative democracy has been one of the main games in contemporary political theory for two decades, growing enormously in size and importance in political science and many other disciplines. The Oxford Handbook of Deliberative Democracy takes stock of deliberative democracy as a research field, in philosophy, in various research programmes in the social sciences and law, and in political practice around the globe. It provides a concise history of deliberative ideals in political thought and discusses their philosophical origins. The Handbook locates deliberation in political systems with different spaces, publics, and venues, including parliaments, courts, governance networks, protests, mini-publics, old and new media, and everyday talk. It engages with practical applications, mapping deliberation as a reform movement and as a device for conflict resolution, documenting the practice and study of deliberative democracy around the world and in global governance.

Public Deliberation

Public Deliberation
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Publisher : MIT Press
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 0262522780
ISBN-13 : 9780262522786
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Public Deliberation by : James Bohman

An understanding of the ways in which public deliberation can be extended to meet the needs of modern societies even in the face of increasing pluralism, inequality, an social complexity.

Deliberative Democracy between Theory and Practice

Deliberative Democracy between Theory and Practice
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 233
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ISBN-10 : 9781107027671
ISBN-13 : 1107027675
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis Deliberative Democracy between Theory and Practice by : Michael A. Neblo

This book offers a model to bridge the differences between political theorists and social scientists, focusing on deliberative practices.

Inclusion and Democracy

Inclusion and Democracy
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 326
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ISBN-10 : 0198297556
ISBN-13 : 9780198297550
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis Inclusion and Democracy by : Iris Marion Young

This controversial new look at democracy in a multicultural society considers the ideals of political inclusion and exclusion, and recommends ways to engage in democratic politics in a more inclusive way. Processes of debate and decision making often marginalize individuals and groups because the norms of political discussion are biased against some forms of expression. Inclusion and Democracy broadens our understanding of democratic communication by reflecting on the positive political functions of narrative, rhetorically situated appeals, and public protest. It reconstructs concepts of civil society and public sphere as enacting such plural forms of communication among debating citizens in large-scale societies. Iris Marion Young thoroughly discusses class, race, and gender bias in democratic processes, and argues that the scope of a polity should extend as wide as the scope of social and economic interactions that raise issues of justice. Today this implies the need for global democratic institutions. Young also contends that due to processes of residential segregation and the design of municipal jurisdictions, metropolitan governments which preserve significant local autonomy may be necessary to promote political equality. This latest work from one of the world's leading political philosophers will appeal to audiences from a variety of fields, including philosophy, political science, women's studies, ethnic studies, sociology, and communications studies.

Deliberation, Representation, Equity

Deliberation, Representation, Equity
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Total Pages : 382
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ISBN-10 : 1783743034
ISBN-13 : 9781783743032
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis Deliberation, Representation, Equity by : Love Ekenberg

What can we learn about the development of public interaction in e-democracy from a drama delivered by mobile headphones to an audience standing around a shopping center in a Stockholm suburb? In democratic societies there is widespread acknowledgment of the need to incorporate citizens' input in decision-making processes in more or less structured ways. But participatory decision making is balancing on the borders of inclusion, structure, precision and accuracy. To simply enable more participation will not yield enhanced democracy, and there is a clear need for more elaborated elicitation and decision analytical tools. This rigorous and thought-provoking volume draws on a stimulating variety of international case studies, from flood risk management in the Red River Delta of Vietnam, to the consideration of alternatives to gold mining in Roșia Montană in Transylvania, to the application of multi-criteria decision analysis in evaluating the impact of e-learning opportunities at Uganda's Makerere University. Editors Love Ekenberg (senior research scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis [IIASA], Laxenburg, professor of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University), Karin Hansson (artist and research fellow, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University), Mats Danielson (vice president and professor of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, affiliate researcher, IIASA) and GOran Cars (professor of Societal Planning and Environment, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm) draw innovative collaborations between mathematics, social science, and the arts. They develop new problem formulations and solutions, with the aim of carrying decisions from agenda setting and problem awareness through to feasible courses of action by setting objectives, alternative generation, consequence assessments, and trade-off clarifications. As a result, this book is important new reading for decision makers in government, public administration and urban planning, as well as students and researchers in the fields of participatory democracy, urban planning, social policy, communication design, participatory art, decision theory, risk analysis and computer and systems sciences.

Power Diffusion and Democracy

Power Diffusion and Democracy
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 307
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ISBN-10 : 9781108483384
ISBN-13 : 1108483380
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis Power Diffusion and Democracy by : Julian Bernauer

Presents a theoretically and methodologically sophisticated remapping and analysis of political-institutional power diffusion in democracies.