Conference paper
REALIZING DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY: VIRTUAL AND FACE TO FACE POSSIBILITIES
James S. Fishkin
; Department of Communication, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Abstract
This article is aimed at expanding the democratic tool kit of mechanisms for public consultation. It is aimed at showing that it is indeed possible to combine inclusiveness and thoughtfulness — rather than force us to choose between them. The author's institutional innovations for combining the two democratic aspirations are deliberative polls and Deliberation day. The article shows that these mechanisms of public consultation manage to avoid contentions that mass participation undermines collective thoughtfulness.
Keywords
deliberation; deliberative democracy; deliberative polls; deliberation day
Hrčak ID:
37867
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Publication date:
15.6.2009.
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