The Politics of Public Deliberation [electronic resource] : Citizen Engagement and Interest Advocacy /
Hendriks, Carolyn M.author.
This ground breaking book provides empirical and theoretical insights into the interface between deliberative democracy and the rough and tumble of interest groups in advocacy politics. It examines how deliberative ideals work alongside the adversarial realties of interest-based politics.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Public deliberation in the context of interest advocacy -- Worlds apart or connected? : interest advocacy and public deliberation -- The features and principles of citizens' forums -- CDL case : deliberation wasted -- GeneTech case : deliberation digested -- Consumer case : deliberation over-protected -- Diagnostics case : deliberation tested -- The challenges of citizens' forums -- Strategic uses of public deliberation -- Accommodating interest advocacy in public deliberation.
This ground breaking book provides empirical and theoretical insights into the interface between deliberative democracy and the rough and tumble of interest groups in advocacy politics. It examines how deliberative ideals work alongside the adversarial realties of interest-based politics.
Public policy.
Comparative politics.
Political science.
Political sociology.
Communication.
Democracy.
Public Policy.
Comparative Politics.
Political Science.
Political Sociology.
Media and Communication.
Democracy.