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Why Deliberative Democracy? /

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 D...

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Auteur principal: Gutmann, Amy
Autres auteurs: Thompson, Dennis F. (Dennis Frank), 1940-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2004.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (232 pages).
ISBN:9781400826339