The deliberative impulse : motivating discourse in divided societies

The deliberative impulse : motivating discourse in divided societies / Andrew F. Smith.

Andrew F. Smith argues that citizens of divided societies have three powerful incentives to engage in public deliberation_in free, open, and reasoned dialogue aimed at contributing to the establishment of well-developed laws. When contesting for political influence, or pursuing the enshrinement of o...

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Main Author: Smith, Andrew F., 1972-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2011.
Subjects:
Deliberative democracy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Deliberative democracy
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Table of Contents:
  • The deliberative impulse
  • In defense of abiding by conscience
  • Catalysts of conflict and the facilitation of deliberation
  • Liberty of conscience and discursive control : on the moral incentive to deliberate publicly
  • Doubt, insistence, and validation : on the epistemic incentives to deliberate publicly
  • Commitment, criticism, and restraint : on a religious incentive to deliberate publicly.

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