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Why deliberative democracy? / Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (ix, 217 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1400826330
  • 9781400826339
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Why deliberative democracy?.DDC classification:
  • 321.8 22
Online resources:
Contents:
What deliberative democracy means -- Moral conflict and political consensus -- Deliberative democracy beyond process -- Why deliberative democracy is different -- Just deliberation about health care -- The moral foundations of truth commissions.
Summary: The most widely debated conception of democracy in recent years is deliberative democracy--the idea that citizens or their representatives owe each other mutually acceptable reasons for the laws they enact. Two prominent voices in the ongoing discussion are Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson. In Why Deliberative Democracy?, they move the debate forward beyond their influential book, Democracy and Disagreement. What exactly is deliberative democracy? Why is it more defensible than its rivals? By offering clear answers to these timely questions, Gutmann and Thompson illuminate the theory and practic.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-205) and index.

What deliberative democracy means -- Moral conflict and political consensus -- Deliberative democracy beyond process -- Why deliberative democracy is different -- Just deliberation about health care -- The moral foundations of truth commissions.

The most widely debated conception of democracy in recent years is deliberative democracy--the idea that citizens or their representatives owe each other mutually acceptable reasons for the laws they enact. Two prominent voices in the ongoing discussion are Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson. In Why Deliberative Democracy?, they move the debate forward beyond their influential book, Democracy and Disagreement. What exactly is deliberative democracy? Why is it more defensible than its rivals? By offering clear answers to these timely questions, Gutmann and Thompson illuminate the theory and practic.

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