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Deliberative democracy

James Bohman

1997447 pagesabout 7–10 hours
1997
first published
  • 1997MIT Press · ENGISBN 9780585003221
  • 1997MIT Press · 447 pages · ENGISBN 9780262024341
  • 1997MIT Press · 477 pages · ENGISBN 9780262268936
  • 1997MIT Press · 477 pages · ENGISBN 9780262311250

The anthology opens with four key essays - by Jon Elster, Jurgen Habermas, Joshua Cohen, and John Rawls - that helped establish the current inquiry into deliberative models of democracy. The nine essays that follow represent the latest efforts of leading democratic theorists to tackle various problems of deliberative democracy. All the contributions address tensions that arise between reason and politics in a democracy inspired by the ideal of achieving reasoned agreement among free and equal citizens. Although the authors approach the topic of deliberation from different perspectives, they all aim to provide a theoretical basis for a more robust democratic practice.

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