Deliberative Democracy Now - Lgbt Equality and the Emergence of Large-Scale Deliberative Systems

Uses public opinion on LGBT equality to show an evolutionary shift toward deliberative democracy in which everyone has a voice.

List of contents

Introduction. Deliberative systems and the problem of scale; 1. Theoretical overview: deliberative systems at work; 2. Three catalysts of a deliberative system; 3. Social networks in deliberative system growth and implementation power; 4. Overcoming cognitive obstacles: implicit bias, identity threats and fear; 5. Hidden quandaries and implications for deliberative democracy; Conclusion: large-scale deliberative democracy: possible if chosen.

About the author

Edwina Barvosa is an associate professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara who holds a Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University, Massachusetts and an M.A. from the University of Cambridge. An interdisciplinary social scientist and applied theorist, she focuses on democracy, social change, and resolving the influence of implicit bias in organizations and governance, especially the effects of socially inherited biases stored as contradictions within the self. She is the author of Wealth of Selves: Multiple Identities, Mestiza Consciousness, and the Subject of Politics (2008) and articles in journals such as Perspectives on Politics and the Journal of Political Philosophy.

Summary

This book shows how the sea change in public opinion on LGBT equality reveals that democracy is evolving into deliberative democracy - a process in which all have a voice. Identifying the catalysts needed to excite new public reflection and conscious choice, this book will interest anyone who cares about democracy's future.

Product details

• Authors: Edwina Barvosa, Edwina (University of California Barvosa, Barvosa Edwina
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9781108425186
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42518-6
• No. of pages: 308
• Series: Theories of Institutional Design; Theories of Institutional Desi; Theories of Institutional Design; Theories of Institutional Desi
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Gay & Lesbian studies, Political science and theory, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics