Can Deliberation Cure the Ills of Democracy?

This book draws on the author's research on Deliberative Polling to chart a unique path to fixing democracy's many problems. It suggests empowering democratic reform that would strengthen rather than replace our current institutions.

List of contents

• List of Figures


• List of Tables


• 1: Overview


• 2: When the People Rule: Criteria for Popular Control


• 3: Deliberative Democracy: A Dialogue between Theory and Practice


• 4: Toward a Deliberative-Competitive System


• 5: Institutions for a More Deliberative Society


• Appendices


• Endnotes


• References


• Index

About the author

James S. Fishkin holds the Janet M. Peck Chair in International Communication at Stanford University where he is Professor of Communication, Professor of Political Science (by courtesy), Senior Fellow of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and Director of the Deliberative Democracy Lab. He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. His work focuses on Deliberative Polling, a process of deliberative public consultation that has been conducted more than 150 times around the world, and he is the author of Democracy When the People Are Thinking (OUP, 2020) among others.

Summary

This book draws on the author's research on Deliberative Polling to chart a unique path to fixing democracy's many problems. It suggests empowering democratic reform that would strengthen rather than replace our current institutions.

Product details

• Authors: James S. Fishkin, James S. (Janet M. Peck Professor of Inte Fishkin, Fishkin James S.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.04.2025
• EAN: 9780198944416
• ISBN: 978-0-19-894441-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Comparative Politics, Political science and theory