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Deliberative democracy and divided societies /

In a world where the impact of internal conflicts is spreading ever wider, there is a real need to rethink how democratic ideals and institutions can best be implemented. This book responds to this challenge by showing that deliberative democracy has crucial, but largely untapped, normative implicat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Flynn, Ian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Introduction
  • Why deliberative democracy63;
  • What this book will argue
  • Chapter 158; Locating the Discussion
  • The consociational model
  • The normative8211;empirical interface
  • Two problems with normative standards
  • Treading the middle ground
  • Chapter 258; Division44; Democracy and Deliberation
  • The basic problem
  • Ethno45;national conflict
  • Democratic values
  • Intrinsic equality
  • Intrinsic equality
  • Personal autonomy
  • Defining deliberative democracy
  • Chapter 358; Deliberating National Identity and Citizenship
  • Civic and ethnic nationalism
  • Liberalism
  • Republicanism
  • The deliberative alternative
  • Chapter 458; The Requirement of Reciprocity
  • What is reciprocity63;
  • Reciprocity versus combat
  • Reciprocity and bargaining
  • Reciprocity and voting
  • Reciprocity and the creation of shareable goods
  • The content of public reason
  • Chapter 558; The Requirement of Publicity
  • Justifying publicity
  • The difficulties of negotiating peace agreements
  • Levelling the playing field
  • Making secrecy public
  • Chapter 658; Dilemmas of Exclusion
  • Political exclusion
  • Is deliberative democracy exclusionary63;
  • Expanding the content of democratic deliberation
  • From particular stories to general principles
  • Chapter 758; Civil Society and Political Institutions
  • Civil society
  • Consociational democracy revisited
  • Segmental autonomy
  • Electoral systems
  • Legislatures and governing coalitions
  • Concluding remarks
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Last Page.