Innovating Democracy: Democratic Theory and Practice After the Deliberative Turn

by Robert E. Goodin

Book Overview

In recent years democratic theory has taken a deliberative turn. Instead of merely casting the occasional ballot, deliberative democrats want citizens to reason together. They embrace 'talk as a decision procedure'. But of course thousands or millions of people cannot realistically talk to one another all at once. When putting their theories into practice, deliberative democrats therefore tend to focus on 'mini-publics', usually of a couple dozen...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199650551
• ISBN13: 9780199650552
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: OUP UK
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"