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| Deliberative democracy: Deliberative democracy is a form of democracy that emphasizes the importance of public deliberation in decision-making. It is based on the idea that citizens should have the opportunity to discuss and debate issues before decisions are made, and that these discussions should be informed by reason and evidence._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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James Bohman on Deliberative Democracy - Dictionary of Arguments
Gaus I 161 Deliberative Democracy/discourse theories/Bohman: the (...) tension between the empirical and normative dimensions of a theory of democratic deliberation concerns whether or not there is a specific type of discourse that characterizes democratic deliberation in general, as Habermas and Cohen hold for argumentation. (Habermas, 1996(1); Cohen, 1997(2)). Once again, it appears that the choice is between a theory of deliberative democracy that takes deliberation to be highly constrained and thus potentially exclusionary, and one that takes deliberation to have no normative constraints in the informal public sphere. The rejection of the former may be motivated by the attempt to see public deliberation as broader than the confines of formal institutions of the constitutional state (Dryzek, 2000)(3). Any specific form of discourse may privilege certain citizens over others, as when argumentation favours articulate and dispassionate speakers and thus the better-educated elites (Young, 2000(4); Sanders, 1997(5)). It seems an empirical question whether argument favours the privileged. >Argumentation/Bohman, >Argumentation/Crosswhite. 1. Habermas, Jürgen (1996) Between Facts and Norms. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 2. Cohen, Joshua (1997) 'Deliberation and democratic legitimacy'. In J. Bohman and W. Rehg, eds, Deliberative Democracy. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 3. Dryzek, John (2000) Deliberative Democracy and Beyond. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 4. Young, Iris (2000) Democracy and Inclusion. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 5. Sanders, Lynn (1997) 'Against deliberation'. Political Theory, 25: 347-76. Bohman, James 2004. „Discourse Theory“. In: Gaus, Gerald F. & Kukathas, Chandran 2004. Handbook of Political Theory. SAGE Publications_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Bohman, James Gaus I Gerald F. Gaus Chandran Kukathas Handbook of Political Theory London 2004 |
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