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Deliberative democracy

Deliberative democracy or discursive democracy is a form of democracy in which deliberation is central to decision-making. It often shows characteristics of both consensus decision-making and majority rule. Deliberative democracy differs from traditional democratic theory in that authentic deliberation, not mere voting, is the primary source of…

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related to Recent scholarship · 47
Deliberative democracy → According, Although, Amy Gutmann, Benny Hjern, Bessette, Carlos Nino, Carne Ross, Charles Sabel, David Estlund, David Held, Dennis Thompson, Ethan Leib, Hal Koch, Hélène Landemore, In, Iris Marion Young, James Fishkin, Jane Mansbridge, Jeffrey, John Gastil
related to External links · 18
Deliberative democracy → Canberra, Centre, Deliberation, Deliberative Democracy Lab, Dialogue, Facilitating Public Deliberations, Foundation, Global Governance, Journal, March, Podcast, Research, Researching, Retrieved, Stanford University, Synthesizes, The National Coalition, University
related to Further reading · 13
Deliberative democracy → André, Authoritarianism, Bächtiger, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Confronting Populism, Denial, Diabolical Times, Dryzek, Extremism, ISBN, John, OCLC
related to Early examples · 6
Deliberative democracy → Athenian, BC, Consensus-based, Even, Greece, The
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Deliberative democracy → Aristotle, Authentic, Deliberative, Jürgen Habermas, The, The German
related to Cohen's outline · 5
Deliberative democracy → An, Each, John Rawls, Joshua Cohen, The
related to Gutmann and Thompson's model · 4
Deliberative democracy → Amy Gutmann, Dennis, They, Thompson's
related to Standards of good deliberation – from first to second generation (Bächtiger et al., 2018) · 4
Deliberative democracy → Dryzek, For Bächtiger, Mansbridge, Warren
related to Fishkin's model of deliberation · 3
Deliberative democracy → Information, James Fishkin, The

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John Stuart Millinstance ofand says theoretical support can be traced back to foundational democratic thinkers0.80text
Alexis de Tocqueville.Fiskin along with constitutional scholar Bruce Ackerman have proposed instituting a national Deliberation Day holiday two weeks before Presidential elections where citizens would gather to debate pertinent issues.Cohen's outlineJoshua Coheninstance ofand says theoretical support can be traced back to foundational democratic thinkers0.80text
a student of John Rawlsinstance ofand says theoretical support can be traced back to foundational democratic thinkers0.80text
argued that the five main features of deliberative democracy includeinstance ofand says theoretical support can be traced back to foundational democratic thinkers0.80text
Alexis de Tocqueville.Fiskin along with constitutional scholar Bruce Ackerman have proposed instituting a national Deliberation Day holiday two weeks before Presidential elections where citizens would gather to debate pertinent issuesinstance ofand says theoretical support can be traced back to foundational democratic thinkers0.80text
Carne Ross advocate deliberative democracy as a complete alternative to representative democracyinstance ofTheorists0.80text
James Fishkininstance ofheld by contributors0.80text
is that direct deliberative democracy can be complementary to traditional representative democracyinstance ofheld by contributors0.80text
Deliberative democracyrelated to Cohen's outlineJoshua Cohen0.60section
Deliberative democracyrelated to Cohen's outlineJohn Rawls0.60section
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