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On Deliberative Democracy

On Deliberative Democracy * Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson, Democracy and Disagreement: Why moral conflict cannot be avoided in politics, and what should be done about it. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1996. 422 pp. James Bohman and William Rehg (eds.), Deliberative Democracy: Essays on Reason and Politics. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1997. 447 pp. Jon Elster (ed.), Deliberative Democracy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. 282 pp. Stephen Macedo (ed.), Deliberative Politics: Essays on Democracy and Disagreement. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. 289 pp. John S. Dryzek, Deliberative Democracy and Beyond: Liberals, Critics, Contestations. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. 195 pp. Iris Marion Young, Inclusion and Democracy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. 304 pp. In the last fifteen years a new theory of democracy has emerged on the academic scene, the theory of deliberative democracy. It has by now become one of the major positions in democratic theory. The central idea of deliberative democracy is that the basis of democratic legitimacy is the public deliberation of citizens. This idea should be seen in contrast to the idea that democratic legitimacy issues from the mere aggregation of preferences. According to the theory of deliberative democracy, the preferences of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png SATS: Northern European Journal of Philosophy de Gruyter

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de Gruyter
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1600-1974
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10.1515/SATS.2001.166
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* Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson, Democracy and Disagreement: Why moral conflict cannot be avoided in politics, and what should be done about it. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1996. 422 pp. James Bohman and William Rehg (eds.), Deliberative Democracy: Essays on Reason and Politics. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1997. 447 pp. Jon Elster (ed.), Deliberative Democracy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. 282 pp. Stephen Macedo (ed.), Deliberative Politics: Essays on Democracy and Disagreement. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. 289 pp. John S. Dryzek, Deliberative Democracy and Beyond: Liberals, Critics, Contestations. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. 195 pp. Iris Marion Young, Inclusion and Democracy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. 304 pp. In the last fifteen years a new theory of democracy has emerged on the academic scene, the theory of deliberative democracy. It has by now become one of the major positions in democratic theory. The central idea of deliberative democracy is that the basis of democratic legitimacy is the public deliberation of citizens. This idea should be seen in contrast to the idea that democratic legitimacy issues from the mere aggregation of preferences. According to the theory of deliberative democracy, the preferences of

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SATS: Northern European Journal of Philosophy – de Gruyter

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