Drawing on political, legal, national, post-national, as well as American and European perspectives, this collection of essays offers a diverse and balanced discussion of the current arguments concerning deliberative democracy. Its contributions' focus on discontent, provide a critical assessment of the benefits of deliberation and also respond to the strongest criticisms of the idea of democratic deliberation. The essays consider the three basic questions of why, how and where to deliberate democratically. This book will be of value not only to political and democratic theorists, but also to legal philosophers and constitutional theorists, and all those interested in the legitimacy of decision-making in national and post-national pluralistic polities.
| ISBN: | 9780754626275 |
| Publication date: | 17th October 2006 |
| Author: | Samantha Besson, José Luis Martí, World Congress on Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 261 pages |
| Series: | Applied Legal Philosophy |
| Genres: |
Regional / International studies Political science and theory Methods, theory and philosophy of law Law and society, sociology of law Philosophy |