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Book SynopsisLeading theorists debate the strengths and limitations of deliberative democracy in theory and practice.
Table of ContentsIntroduction / Daniel Weinstock and David Kahane
Part 1: Educating Deliberative Citizens
1 Conceptions of the Good: Challenging the Premises of Deliberative Democracy / Micheline Milot
2 Religious Belief, Religious Schooling, and the Demands of Reciprocity / Harry Brighouse
3 Religious Education and Democratic Character / Paul Weithman
Part 2: Deliberative Democracy, Constitutions, and the Boundaries of Deliberation
4 Open versus Closed Constitutional Negotiation / Simone Chambers
5 Is Democracy a Means to Global Justice? / James Bohman
Part 3: Deliberative Democracy and Indigenous Peoples
6 Deliberative Democracy and the Politics of Reconciliation / Duncan Ivison
7 Resisting Culture: Seyla Benhabib’s Deliberative Approach to the Politics of Recognition in Colonial Contexts / Glen Coulthard
8 The Implications of Incommensurability for Deliberative Democracy / Jorge M. Valadez
Part 4: Citizen Dialogue and Decision Making in a Deliberative Democracy
9 Public Opinion and Popular Will / Henry S. Richardson
10 Consulting the Public Thoughtfully: Prospects for Deliberative Democracy / James Fishkin
11 The Micropolitics of Deliberation: Beyond Argumentation to Recognition and Justice / John Forester and David Kahane
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