Library: Victoria University (Melbourne, Australia)
Last Loaded: 01/28/2009
MARC Timestamp: 09/21/1999
Control Number Org.:
Control Number: 000013487415
000 02188nam 2200277 a 4500
001 000013487415
005 19990921000000.0
008 970929s1998 enk b 001 0 eng
019 1 $a13487415
020 $a0521596963 (pbk.)
020 $a0521592968
020 $a0521596963(pbk.)
040 $aTOC$beng$cTOC$dTOC
082 $a321.8$221
082 00 $a321.8$221
245 00 $aDeliberative democracy /$cedited by Jon Elster.
260 $aCambridge, U.K. ;$aNew York :$bCambridge
University Press,$c1998.
300 $axi, 282 p. ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aCambridge studies in the theory of democracy.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction / Jon Elster -- 1. "Claro!": An
Essay on Discursive Machismo / Diego Gambetta -- 2.
Deliberation as Discussion / James D. Fearon -- 3. All Men
Are Liars: Is Democracy Meaningless? / Gerry Mackie -- 4.
Deliberation and Constitution Making / Jon Elster -- 5.
Pathologies of Deliberation / Susan C. Stokes -- 6.
Deliberation and Ideological Domination / Adam Przeworski --
7. Arguing for Deliberation: Some Skeptical Considerations /
James Johnson -- 8. Democracy and Liberty / Joshua Cohen --
9. Health-Health Trade-offs / Cass R. Sunstein -- 10. Full
Representation, Deliberation, and Impartiality / Roberto
Gargarella.
520 $aIt is sometimes assumed that voting is the
central mechanism for political decision making. However,
the contributors to this volume focus on an alternative
mechanismdecision by discussion or deliberation. These
original contributions include case studies based on
historical and current instances of deliberative democracy,
normative discussion of the merits of deliberation compared
with other models of collective decision making, and studies
of the conditions under which deliberation tends to improve
the quality of decisions. This volume takes a realistic
approach: rather than assuming that deliberative democracy
is always ideal, the authors critically probe its limits and
weaknesses as well as its strengths.
650 0 $aDemocracy.
650 0 $aDecision-making.
650 0 $aRepresentative government and representation.
700 1 $aElster, Jon,$d1940-
