Lafont, Cristina (2019): Democracy without Shortcuts. A Participatory Conception of Deliberative Democracy

chapter 1 is the ideal of a Deliberative Democracy coherent ? cristina lafont

in what follows, i would like to contribute to a defense of deliberative democracy by giving an affirmative answer to the question in the title. the goal is admittedly humble. For the coherence of an ideal says nothing about its desirability, feasibility or overall appropriateness.1 and, indeed, i will not address these further issues here. but, though humble, the goal of assessing the coherenc...

Rhetoric and Deliberative Democracy

Deliberative Democracy and Education

Deliberative Democracy, Chicago Style

1. The Strange Appearance of Deliberative Democracy Chicago's neighborhoods might strike both casual observers and the initiated as rather infertile ground for the seeds of deliberative democracy to take root and bear fruit. The city's tradition of machine politics—a reward system that delivers spoils in exchange for obedience—hardly seems conducive to a politics that relies upon fairness and r...

Pharmacopolitics and deliberative democracy.

Setting priorities in healthcare has become a highly politicised activity. Traditionally it has been undertaken by government and the health professions but there is an increasing imperative to involve the public. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has established a Citizens' Council as an attempt to capture the informed views of the public in shaping the Institute...