Guido Pincione, Fernando R. Teson

Rational Choice and Democratic Deliberation

A Theory of Discourse Failure

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a comprehensive and sustained critique of theories of deliberative democracy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 446g
• ISBN-13: 9780521175388
• ISBN-10: 0521175380
• Artikelnr.: 32467253

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The epistemic argument for deliberation
3. The rational choice framework
4. The resilience of discourse failure
5. Symbolism in political argument
6. Discourse failure and political morality
7. Non-epistemic defenses of deliberation
8. Deliberation, consent, and majority rule
9. Overcoming discourse failure: voluntary communities.