When the people speak : deliberative democracy and public consultation /

All over the world, democratic reforms have brought power to the people, but under conditions where the people have little opportunity to think about the power that they exercise. This book combines a new theory of democracy with actual practice and shows how an idea that harks back to ancient Athen...

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Main Author:	Fishkin, James S.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:	Deliberative democracy. Deliberative democracy > Case studies. Démocratie délibérative. Démocratie délibérative > Études de cas. Political Science. Law, Politics & Government. Political Theory of the State. Electronic books. Case studies.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	All over the world, democratic reforms have brought power to the people, but under conditions where the people have little opportunity to think about the power that they exercise. This book combines a new theory of democracy with actual practice and shows how an idea that harks back to ancient Athens can be used to revive our modern democracies. This book outlines deliberative democracy projects conducted by the author with various collaborators in the US, China, Britain, Denmark, Australia, Italy, Bulgaria, Northern Ireland, and in the entire European Union.
Item Description:	Originally published: 2009.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xv, 236 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780191803574 019180357X 9780199604432 0199604436