Pregledni rad
In Search of the Talkative Public: Media, Deliberative Democracy and Civic Culture
Peter Dahlgren
Sažetak
Theories of democracy consider communicative interaction among citizens
central. In recent years the idea of deliberative democracy has galvanised elements
of political theory with perspectives on communication. This concept
emerges to a large extent from the Habermasian trajectory and links currents
from theories of civil society and citizenship. It has thus a rather forceful normative
dimension. However, there are difficulties; and the aim of the article is
to probe the notion of deliberative democracy by framing it in ways that may
render it more useful for both theoretical and empirical work. The article begins
with a quick interpretation of the theoretical background. From there the
author discusses some current issues of conceptualisation, in particular if such
talk should be seen as a part of everyday conversation or a special mode of interaction.
These definitional issues set the stage for an examination of two recent
empirical contributions. In the final section, the article attempts to situate
deliberative democracy within an analytic framework of civic culture. Deliberative
democracy, or simply discussion, becomes, one of six dimensions of
civic culture.
Ključne riječi
theories of democracy; deliberative democracy; communicative interaction; public talk; civic culture
Hrčak ID:
23348
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Datum izdavanja:
26.11.2002.
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