When the people speak : deliberative democracy and public consultation /
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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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009
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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