The nature of the beast: are citizens’ juries deliberative or pluralist?
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The nature of the beast: are citizens’ juries deliberative or pluralist?
Citizens’ juries are a form of ‘‘minipublics,’’ small-scale experiments with citizen participation in public decision-making. The article presents a theoretical argument that improves understanding relating to the design of the citizens’ jury. We develop the claim that two discourses on democracy can be discerned: the deliberative and the pluralist. By looking at the design features of citizens...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Policy Sciences
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0032-2687,1573-0891
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-007-9046-7