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

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

This volume assesses the strengths and weaknesses of deliberative democracy.

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

Today, deliberative democracy is the most widely discussed theory of democracy. Its proponents argue that important decisions of law and policy should ideally t