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Foundations and Frontiers of Deliberative Governance
John S. Dryzek
256 pages
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234x156mm
978-0-19-964485-8
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Paperback
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22 March 2012
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- Major statement by a leading figure in what is a large and growing field of deliberative democracy
- Takes deliberative democracy into areas of politics where it has not been before
- Will give readers an appreciation of cutting edge scholarship on one of the most popular topics in the social sciences
Deliberative democracy now dominates the theory, reform, and study of democracy. Working at its cutting edges, Foundations and Frontiers of Deliberative Governance reaches from conceptual underpinnings to the key challenges faced in applications to ever-increasing ranges of problems and issues. Following a survey of the life and times of deliberative democracy, the turns it has taken, and the logic of deliberative systems, contentious foundational issues receive attention. How can deliberative legitimacy be achieved in large-scale societies where face-to-face deliberation is implausible? What can and
should representation mean in such systems? What kinds of communication should be valued, and why? How can competing appeals of pluralism and consensus in democratic politics be reconciled? New concepts are developed along the way: discursive legitimacy, discursive representation, systemic tests for rhetoric in democratic communication, and several forms of meta-consensus. Particular forums (be they legislative assemblies or designed mini-publics) have an important place in deliberative democracy, but more important are macro-level deliberative systems that encompass the engagement of discourses in the public sphere as well as formal and informal institutions of governance. Deliberative democracy can be applied fruitfully in areas previously off-limits to democratic theory: networked
governance, the democratization of authoritarian states, and global democracy, as well as in new ways to invigorate citizen participation. In these areas and more, deliberative democracy out-performs its competitors.Readership: Scholars and students of public policy, political theory, political philosophy, and democracy.
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John S. Dryzek, Australian Research Council Federation Fellow and Professor, Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, Australian National University. John Dryzek is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, former Head of the Departments of Political Science at the Universities of Oregon and Melbourne and the Social and Political Theory Program at ANU, and former editor of the Australian Journal of Political Science. Working in both political theory and empirical social science, he is best known for his contributions in the areas of democratic theory and practice and environmental politics. One of the instigators of the 'deliberative turn' in democratic theory, he has
published four books in this area with Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and Polity Press. His work in environmental politics ranges from green political philosophy to studies of environmental discourses and movements, and he has published three books in this area. He is Australian Research Council Federation Fellow and Professor in the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the Australian National University. Contributors:
John S. Dryzek, Australian National University.
Simon Niemeyer, Australian National University.
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"Dryzek has again provided eloquent, powerful and provocative arguments which are sure to stimulate additonal interest and new thinking about the task of establishing and maintaining effective deliberative democratic governance in environments characterised by significant political, cultural, religious, moral and philosophical diversity." - Shaun P. Young, Political Studies Review
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Preface
PART I Introduction
1: Deliberative Turns
PART II Foundations
2: Legitimacy
3: John S. Dryzek and Simon Niemeyer: Representation
4: Communication And Rhetoric
5: John S. Dryzek and Simon Niemeyer: Pluralism And Meta-Consensus
6: Governance Networks
7: The Democratization of Authoritarian States
8: Mini-Publics and Their Macro Consequences
9: Global Politics
Part IV Conclusion
10: Integrated Foundations and Long Frontiers
Bibliography
Index
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