Debating Deliberative Democracy

Debating Deliberative Democracy explores the nature and value of deliberation, the feasibility and desirability of consensus on contentious issues, the implications of institutional complexity and cultural diversity for democratic decision making, and the significance of voting and majority rule in deliberative arrangements.

• Investigates the nature and value of deliberation, the feasibility and desirability of consensus on contentious issues, the implications of institutional complexity and cultural diversity for democratic decision making, and the significance of voting and majority rule in deliberative arrangements.
  
• Includes focus on institutions and makes reference to empirical work.
  
• Engages a debate that cuts across political science, philosophy, the law and other disciplines.

Content:
Chapter 1 Deliberation Day (pages 7–30): Bruce Ackerman and James S. Fishkin
Chapter 2 Deliberative Democracy Beyond Process (pages 31–52): Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson
Chapter 3 Democratic Deliberation Within (pages 54–79): Robert E. Goodin
Chapter 4 The Law of Group Polarization (pages 80–101): Cass Sunstein
Chapter 5 Activist Challenges to Deliberative Democracy (pages 102–120): Iris Marion Young
Chapter 6 Optimal Deliberation? (pages 121–137): Ian Shapiro
Chapter 7 Deliberative Democracy, the Discursive Dilemma, and Republican Theory (pages 138–162): Philip Pettit
Chapter 8 Street?Level Epistemology and Democratic Participation (pages 163–181): Russell Hardin
Chapter 9 Deliberative Democracy and Social Choice (pages 182–199): David Miller
Chapter 10 Deliberation Between Institutions (pages 200–211): Jeffrey K. Tulis
Chapter 11 Environmental Ethics and the Obsolescence of Existing Political Institutions (pages 212–224): Peter Laslett