The Mild Voice of Reason - Deliberative Democracy and American National Government

Preface 1: Introduction 2: The Creation of Deliberative Democracy in the United States 3: Deliberation, Democracy, and Policymaking 4: Bargaining and Collective Decisions: The Limits of Explanation 5: Interest, Ambition, and the Character of Lawmakers 6: Deliberation and the Lawmaking Process 7: The President's Contribution to Congressional Deliberations 8: Public Opinion and Democratic Statesmanship Appendix: Case Studies of Congress: Domestic Legislation, 1946-1970Notes Index

Summary

Drawing on original research, case studies of policy-making in Congress and portraits of American law-makers, this book argues that the institutional framework created by the founding fathers continues to foster a government that is both democratic and deliberative.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph M. Bessette
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1997
• EAN: 9780226044248
• ISBN: 978-0-226-04424-8
• No. of pages: 306
• Dimensions: 231 mm x 152 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 474 g
• Series: American Politics & Political Economy S.; American Politics & Political Economy S.; American Politics/Political Economy Series Appe (CHUP); American Politics and Political Economy Series
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas