Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Political Theory |
Editors | Mark Bevir |
Place of Publication | Europe |
Publisher | Sage Publications Inc |
Pages | 352-356pp |
Volume | 3 |
Edition | 1 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781412958653 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Abstract
Deliberative democracy places communication rather than voting or aggregation of preferences at the center of democracy, although it remains a matter of some contention what sorts of communications count as deliberative, who should deliberate, where deliberation should occur, and what relationship deliberation should have to voting and aggregation of citizen preferences. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, this approach dominates democratic theory, and it is very influential in political practice.