Rational Choice and Democratic Deliberation - A Theory of Discourse Failure

Klappentext This book offers a comprehensive and sustained critique of theories of deliberative democracy. Zusammenfassung In public political deliberation! people will err and lie in accordance with definite patterns. Such discourse failure results from behavior that is instrumentally and epistemically rational. This book proposes to reduce the scope of majoritarian politics and enlarge markets! offering a comprehensive critique of theories of deliberative democracy. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The epistemic argument for deliberation; 3. The rational choice framework; 4. The resilience of discourse failure; 5. Symbolism in political argument; 6. Discourse failure and political morality; 7. Non-epistemic defenses of deliberation; 8. Deliberation, consent, and majority rule; 9. Overcoming discourse failure: voluntary communities.

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• Authors: Guido Pincione, Guido Teson Pincione, Fernando R. Teson, Fernando R. Pincione Teson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.03.2011
• EAN: 9780521175388
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17538-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education