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Title

Why deliberative democracy? / Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson.

Author

Gutmann, Amy

Publication

Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2004.

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Additional Authors

Thompson, Dennis F. (Dennis Frank), 1940-

Description

ix, 217 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

The most widely debated conception of democracy in recent years is deliberative democracy - the idea that citizens or their representatives owe each other mutually acceptable reasons for the laws they enact. Two prominent voices in the ongoing discussion are Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson. In Why Deliberative Democracy?, they move the debate forward beyond their influential book, Democracy and Disagreement. What exactly is deliberative democracy? Why is it more defensible than its rivals? By offering clear answers to these timely questions, Gutmann and Thompson illuminate the theory and practic.

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books

Subject

• Democracy
• Representative government and representation
• Compromise (Ethics)
• Political ethics
• Forums (Discussion and debate)
• Democracy > United States
• Deliberative democracy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-205) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

What deliberative democracy means -- Moral conflict and political consensus -- Deliberative democracy beyond process -- Why deliberative democracy is different -- Just deliberation about health care -- The moral foundations of truth commissions.

ISBN

• 0691120188 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0691120196 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2004040048

OCLC

• 54066447
• SCSB-10158236

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library