The foundations of deliberative democracy : empirical research and normative implications / Jürg Steiner.
"Deliberative democracy is now an influential approach to the study of democracy and political behaviour. Its key proposition is that, in politics, it is not only power that counts, but good discussions and arguments too. This book examines the interplay between the normative and empirical aspe...
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| Language: | English |
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2012, ©2012.
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| Summary: | "Deliberative democracy is now an influential approach to the study of democracy and political behaviour. Its key proposition is that, in politics, it is not only power that counts, but good discussions and arguments too. This book examines the interplay between the normative and empirical aspects of the deliberative model of democracy. Jürg Steiner presents the main normative controversies in the literature on deliberation, including self-interest, civility and truthfulness. He then summarizes the empirical literature on deliberation and proposes methods by which the level of deliberation can be measured rather than just assumed. Steiner's empirical research is based in the work of various research groups, including experiments with ordinary citizens in the deeply divided societies of Colombia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Belgium, as well as Finland and the European Union. Steiner draws normative implications from a combination of both normative controversies and empirical findings"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 277 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139526036 1139526030 9781139057486 1139057480 9781139528429 1139528424 1139530704 9781139530705 1139540017 9781139540018 1107230063 9781107230064 1283528460 9781283528467 1139527231 9781139527231 9786613840912 6613840912 1139531891 9781139531894 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9781139057486 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |