Deliberative Democracy and Divided Societies
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: August 8, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781403977533
Subjects: Politics/International Relations; Democracy; Ethnic Sociology; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; History & Theory - General; Political Ideologies - Democracy; Political Science / History & Theory; Ethnic relations; Nationalism; Political aspects
Description: "This book presents a philosophical argument about deliberative democracy and its relevance to the resolution of deadly ethnic conflicts. It is the first major work to examine such conflicts from a deliberative perspective, and shows how a proper respect for deliberative norms and procedures can enable the citizens of divided societies to foster and sustain a stronger sense of common national identity. More specifically, its central claim is that deliberative norms can enable divided societies to balance the need to recognize competing ethnic claims with the need to create an overarching civic nationality."--Publisher's website.

"This book presents a philosophical argument about deliberative democracy and its relevance to the resolution of deadly ethnic conflicts. It is the first major work to examine such conflicts from a deliberative perspective, and shows how a proper respect for deliberative norms and procedures can enable the citizens of divided societies to foster and sustain a stronger sense of common national identity. More specifically, its central claim is that deliberative norms can enable divided societies to balance the need to recognize competing ethnic claims with the need to create an overarching civic nationality."--Jacket.