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Deliberative democracy or discursive democracy is a form of democracy in which deliberation is central to decision-making. Deliberative democracy seeks quality over quantity by limiting decision-makers to a smaller but more representative sample of the population that is given the time and resources to focus on one issue.
Democracy and Society. 2 (1). Georgetown University: 1– 13. Archived from the original on 2015-01-06. Pdf. Mansbridge, Jane; Karpowitz, Christopher F (2005). "Disagreement and consensus: the need for dynamic updating in public deliberation". Journal of Public Deliberation. 1 (1). Deliberative Democracy Consortium: 348– 364. Pdf.
Laclau and Mouffe have argued for radical agonistic democracy, where different opinions and worldviews are not oppressed by the search for consensus in liberal and deliberative democracy. As this agonistic perspective has been most influential in academic literature, it has been subject to most criticisms on the idea of radical democracy.
Deliberative democracy aims to harness the benefits of deliberation to produce better understanding and resolution of important issues. [ 97 ] [ 98 ] Assemblies are intended to stimulate deliberation, in which the participants can less easily be captured by special interest.
In 2019, the Deliberative Democracy Lab and the Helena Group launched America in One Room, a deliberative poll of a representative sample of 526 Americans on various issues. [9] Polling results found that in general voters seemed to move towards the center after their experience, with an effect lasting at least one year after the in-person ...
A deliberative referendum is a referendum that increases public deliberation through purposeful institutional design. [ 1 ] :557 The term "deliberative referendum" stems from deliberative democracy , [ 2 ] :509 which emphasises that "the legitimacy of decisions can be increased if...decisions are preceded by authentic deliberation."
Concepts of democracy turn out to be more demanding, the more they move from a mainly electoral democracy (emphasizing elections and political rights) to a liberal democracy (also encompassing civil liberties), and further extending to a liberal democracy of an advanced high quality. In that logic, the Democracy Ranking reflects and requires a ...
Mark E. Warren is an American political philosopher and Harold and Dorrie Merilees Chair in the Study of Democracy at the University of British Columbia. He is known for his works on political theory. Warren is a winner of the David and Elaine Spitz Prize for his book Democracy and Association. [1]