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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe question democrats face is not whether ordinary individuals can find the resources for public reasoning, but how they can make them meaningful. These essays help to demonstrate the scale of the challenge. * Political Studies Review *
Table of ContentsIntroduction Andre Santos Campos and José Gomes André Part I: The Challenges of Antipolitics Chapter 1: I Shall Vote – Thou Shall not Govern. A Tale of Political Heresy Kristof K. P. Vanhoutte Chapter 2: Antipolitics as Participation: Paradox and Challenge Elena Alessiato Chapter 3: Dialogic Politics and the End of Democracy Vincent Jungkunz Part II: Challenges to Deliberative Democracy Chapter 4: Why the Epistemic Justification of Deliberative Democracy Fails Christian Blum Chapter 5: Participation in a Deliberative System Volkan Gül Chapter 6: The Challenge of Slow-Motion Democracy: Synthetic and Progressive Rationalization of Mini-Public Deliberation Walter F. Baber and Robert V. Bartlett Part III: Citizenship and Pluralism Chapter 7: Citizenship and Political Action: The Dilemma between Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism Bruno Serra Chapter 8: Participative Citizenship in a Pluralistic Democracy Jonardon Ganeri
