Deliberative Mini-Publics: Involving Citizens in the Democratic Process (Ecpr Studies in European Political Science) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1907301321 ISBN 13: 9781907301322

Verlag: ECPR Press, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

This book takes stock of the wide range of practices of deliberative mini-publics. More concretely, it takes an informed look at preconditions, processes, and outcomes. Furthermore, it provides a critical assessment of the experience with mini-publics, in particular (the lack of) policy-impact. The book brings together leading scholars in the field, most notably James S. Fishkin and Mark E. Warren. It speaks to students and scholars with an interest in democracy and democratic innovations. This is the first comprehensive account of the booming practice of deliberative mini-publics. Not only does it provide the reader with a systematic review of the variety of mini-publics, it also discusses their weaknesses and makes recommendations on how to make mini-publics a viable component of democracy.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Kimmo Grönlund is professor of political science at Åbo Akademi and director of the Social Science Research Institute (Samforsk). He is Deputy Director of the Centre of Excellence, Democracy – A Citizen Perspective (D:CE). His main research interests are participatory democracy, deliberative democracy, political knowledge, political behaviour, public opinion and elections. His current research projects include: Deliberation Within and Across Enclaves (2011–2015), funded by the Academy of Finland, and Democracy: A Citizen Perspective (2006–2014), funded by Åbo Akademi Foundation.


André Bächtiger is currently Research Professor of the Swiss National Science Foundation at the University of Lucerne's Institute of Political Science. His research focuses on the challenges of mapping and measuring deliberation as well as understanding the preconditions and outcomes of high-quality deliberation in the context of representative institutions and of mini-publics.


Maija Setälä is Professor of Political Science at the University of Turku. She specialises in democratic theory, political trust, direct democracy and democratic innovation and has published a number of articles and books on these topics. Recently, Setälä has applied experimental methods in collaboration with a group of researchers organising field experiments on citizen deliberation.


Kimmo Grönlund is professor of political science at Åbo Akademi and director of the Social Science Research Institute (Samforsk). He is Deputy Director of the Centre of Excellence, Democracy – A Citizen Perspective (D:CE). His main research interests are participatory democracy, deliberative democracy, political knowledge, political behaviour, public opinion and elections. His current research projects include: Deliberation Within and Across Enclaves (2011–2015), funded by the Academy of Finland, and Democracy: A Citizen Perspective (2006–2014), funded by Åbo Akademi Foundation.



André Bächtiger is currently Research Professor of the Swiss National Science Foundation at the University of Lucerne's Institute of Political Science. His research focuses on the challenges of mapping and measuring deliberation as well as understanding the preconditions and outcomes of high-quality deliberation in the context of representative institutions and of mini-publics.



Maija Setälä is Professor of Political Science at the University of Turku. She specialises in democratic theory, political trust, direct democracy and democratic innovation and has published a number of articles and books on these topics. Recently, Setälä has applied experimental methods in collaboration with a group of researchers organising field experiments on citizen deliberation.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: ECPR Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1907301321
• ISBN 13: 9781907301322
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272
• Herausgeber: Grnlund Kimmo, Bachtiger Andre, Setala Maija
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