Deliberative Democracy in Action: The Case of the Citizens Assembly
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2007-11-09
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Thompson is the author with Amy Gutmann of Why Deliberative Democracy? (Princeton, 2004), which explores the most widely debated conception of democracy in recent years -- the idea that citizens or their representatives owe each other mutually acceptable reasons for the laws they enact. By explaining what deliberative democracy is and why it is more defensible than its rivals, Thompson and Gutmann illuminate the theory and practice of justifying public policies in contemporary democracies. They also apply deliberative democracy to new practical problems such as bioethics, health care, truth commissions, educational policy, and decisions to declare war.
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deliberative, democracy, citizens, assembly, security, national