When the people speak : deliberative democracy and public consultation

When the people speak : deliberative democracy and public consultation / James S. Fishkin.

All over the world democratic reforms have brought power to the people-but under conditions where the people have little opportunity to think about the power that they exercise. Do we want a democracy inspired by Madison or by Madison Avenue? A democracy animated by deliberation or by manipulation?...

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Main Author: Fishkin, James S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Deliberative democracy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
Deliberative democracy
Demokrati.
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Charts
  • 1. Democratic aspirations
  • 2. The trilemma of democratic reform
  • 3. Competing visions
  • 4. Making deliberative democracy practical
  • 5. Making deliberation consequential
  • 6. Deliberating under difficult conditions
  • Appendix: Why we need only four democratic theories.

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