Deliberation Day

Klappentext Two leading political thinkers offer an audacious proposal to energize the electoral process--a new national holiday to be held each presidential election year, during which people engage in structured debates about issues and candidates. "[This] lively, fast-moving [book is] concerned with a serious subject--restoring the health of American democracy; and it has a big idea about how to achieve it. . . . Fishkin and Ackerman are two of our liveliest and most inventive political and legal thinkers."--Alan Ryan, "New York Review of Books "A fresh and important book by 'realist utopian' authors [that] deserves serious consideration.""--Future Survey "Filled with information and ideas, [this] will make intriguing and provocative reading for skeptics and enthusiasts alike."--Cass R. Sunstein, University of Chicago Zusammenfassung Two leading political thinkers offer an audacious proposal to energise the electoral process - a new national holiday in America to be held each presidential election year, during which people engage in structured debates about issues and candidates.

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• Authors: Bruce Ackerman, Bruce A. Ackerman, Bruce A. Fishkin Ackerman, Bruce Fishkin Ackerman, Bruce/ Fishkin Ackerman, ACKERMAN BRUCE FISHKIN JAMES S, James Fishkin, James S. Fishkin, James S. Ackerman Fishkin
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2005
• EAN: 9780300109641
• ISBN: 978-0-300-10964-1
• No. of pages: 198
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 19 mm
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas