Public Deliberation Pluralism, Complexity, and Democracy
| Author/creator | Bohman, James Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Reprint |
| Publication Info | Cambridge : MIT Press |
| Description | 320 p. ill 22.500 x 015.000 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought Ser. |
| Summary | Annotation How can we create a vital and inclusive pluralistic democracy? Public Deliberationoffers answers to this question by showing how democratic theory and democratic practice can beremade to face new challenges. Arguing against the skepticism about democracy that flourishes todayon both ends of the political spectrum, James Bohman proposes a new model of public deliberationthat will allow a renewed expansion of democratic practice, even in the face of increasingpluralism, inequality, and social complexity.Bohman builds on early Critical Theory and on therecent work of Jürgen Habermas and John Rawls (while taking into consideration criticisms of theirwork) to create a picture of a richer democratic practice based on the public reasoning of citizens.Starting with a pragmatic account of how deliberation actually works to promote agreements andcooperation, he develops a realistic model of deliberation by gradually introducing and analyzingthe major tests facing deliberative democracy: cultural pluralism, social inequalities, socialcomplexity, and community-wide biases and ideologies. The result is a new understanding of the waysin which public deliberation can be extended to meet the needs of modern societies. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 96000599 |
| ISBN | 9780262522786 |
| ISBN | 0262522780 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780262522786 |
| Stock number | 0262522780 00015994 |
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