Deliberative Democracy

Herausgeber: Elster, Jon; Przeworski, Adam

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

It is sometimes assumed that voting is the central mechanism for political decision making. However, the contributors to this volume focus on an alternative mechanismdecision by discussion or deliberation. These original contributions include case studies based on historical and current instances of deliberative democracy, normative discussion of the merits of deliberation compared with other models of collective decision making, and studies of the conditions under which deliberation tends to improve the quality of decisions. This volume takes a realistic approach: rather than assuming that deliberative democracy is always ideal, the authors critically probe its limits and weaknesses as well as its strengths.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 636g
• ISBN-13: 9780521592963
• ISBN-10: 0521592968
• Artikelnr.: 22722212

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors
Preface and acknowledgement
Introduction Jon Elster
1. 'Claro!': an essay on discursive machismo Diego Gambetta
2. Deliberation as discussion James D. Fearon
3. All men are liars: is democracy meaningless? Gerrie Mackie
4. Deliberation and constitution making Jon Elster
5. Pathologies of deliberation Susan C. Stokes
6. Deliberation and ideological domination Adam Przeworski
7. Arguing for deliberation: some skeptical considerations James Johnson
8. Democracy and liberty Joshua Cohen
9. Health-health trade-offs Cass R. Sunstein
10. Full representation, deliberation and impartiality Roberto Gargarella
Index.