Introducing Deliberative Democracy: A Goal, a Tool, or Just a Context? 1

The concept of deliberative democracy is presented within a wide spectrum of variety of its operationalizations. Since the applicability of the principle of deliberation to the functioning of human society is of the author's primary interest, dilemmas of deliberative democracy related to different problems associated with deliberation in practice are described in some detail. The key questions raised aiming at elucidating the "ontology" of deliberativeness are as follows: is it only a tool for solving the problems of society and politics? Is it a context within which other processes decide on the running of society? Or does it embody a goal of democracy?

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Introducing Deliberative Democracy: A Goal, a Tool, or Just a Context? 1 ; volume:18 ; number:1 ; year:2008 ; pages:100-106 ; extent:7 ; Human affairs ; 18, Heft 1 (2008), 100-106 (gesamt 7)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Bianchi, Gabriel

Further information

• DOI: 10.2478/v10023-008-0009-1
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2404281535328.758553296626
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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