Deliberative Democracy in Practice

by David J. Kahane, Melissa S. Williams, Dominique Leydet

Deliberative democracy is a dominant paradigm in normative political philosophy. Deliberative democrats want politics to be more than a clash of contending interests, and believe that political decisions should emerge from reasoned dialogue among citizens. But can these ideals be realized in complex and unjust societies? Deliberative Democracy in Practice brings together leading scholars who explore debates in deliberative democratic theory in four...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774816783
• ISBN13: 9780774816786
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 264 Pages