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Why Deliberative Democracy?

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ISBN-10: 0691120196

ISBN-13: 9780691120195

Edition: 2004

Authors: Amy Gutmann, Dennis F. Thompson, Dennis Thompson

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The most widely debated conception of democracy in recent years is deliberative democracy--the idea that citizens or their representatives owe each other mutually acceptable reasons for the laws they enact. Two prominent voices in the ongoing discussion are Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson. InWhy Deliberative Democracy?, they move the debate forward beyond their influential book,Democracy and Disagreement. What exactly is deliberative democracy? Why is it more defensible than its rivals? By offering clear answers to these timely questions, Gutmann and Thompson illuminate the theory and practice of justifying public policies in contemporary democracies. They not only develop their theory of…    
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Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 8/8/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.17" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Preface
What Deliberative Democracy Means
What Is Deliberative Democracy?
How Democratic Is Deliberation?
What Purposes Does Deliberative Democracy Serve?
Why Is Deliberative Democracy Better Than Aggregative Democracy?
What Kind of Deliberative Democracy?
How Far Should Deliberative Democracy Reach?
How Can Deliberative Democrats Respond to Theoretical Objections?
How Can Deliberative Democrats Respond to Practical Objections?
Whither Deliberative Democracy?
Moral Conflict and Political Consensus
Principles of Preclusion
Principles of Accommodation
A Public Philosophy
Deliberative Democracy beyond Process
Why Reciprocity Requires Deliberation
Why Reciprocity Requires Substantive Principles
Why the Principles Should Be Morally Provisional
Why the Principles Should Be Politically Provisional
When Moral and Political Judgments Conflict
Why Deliberative Democracy Is Different
Democratic Responses to Disagreement
Principles of Deliberative Democracy
Just Deliberation about Health Care
Accessible Reasons
Moral Reasons
Respectful Reasons
Revisable Reasons
The Moral Foundations of Truth Commissions
The Moral Burden
The Realist Response
The Compassionate Response
The Historicist Response
Democratic Reciprocity
The Economy of Moral Disagreement
Notes
Acknowledgments
Previous Works Jointly Authored by Amy Gutmann & Dennis Thompson
Index
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