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Democracy as public deliberation : new perspectives

The essays collected in this volume offer a series of arguments in support of the view that fair and equal treatment by groups is best defended on the basis of a theory of public deliberation.
Print Book, English, ©2002
Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, Manchester, New York, ©2002
Conference papers and proceedings
x, 228 pages ; 23 cm
9780719061011, 0719061016
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Part I. Normative perspectives. Political legitimacy and democratic deliberation / Maurizio Passerin DÉntrèves
Five arguments for deliberative democracy / Maeve Cooke
Deliberation, citizenship and identity / Matthew Festenstein
Rawls and deliberative democracy / Michael Saward
Part II. Institutional perspectives. Deliberation and decision making / Judith Squires
Citizens' juries and deliberative democracy / Graham Smith and Corinne Wales
Democratic deliberation and cultural rights / Shane OŃeill
Is deliberative democracy unfair to disadvantaged groups? / David Miller
Essays presented at a conference held at Manchester University, March 1999