The contributions in this anthology address tensions that arise between reason and politics in a democracy inspired by the ideal of achieving reasoned agreement

This volume assesses the strengths and weaknesses of deliberative democracy.

We are taught in civics class that the Constitution provides for three basic branches of government: executive, judicial, and legislative. While the President a

The most widely debated conception of democracy in recent years is deliberative democracy--the idea that citizens or their representatives owe each other mutual

Deliberative democracy is a dominant paradigm in normative political philosophy. Deliberative democrats want politics to be more than a clash of contending inte