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Reflective Democracy
Contributor(s): Goodin, Robert E. (Author)

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 ISBN: 0199256179     ISBN-13: 9780199256174
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2003
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Annotation: Democracy used to be seen as a relatively mechanical matter of merely adding up everyone's votes in free and fair elections. That mechanistic model has many virtues, among them allowing democracy to 'track the truth', where purely factual issues are all that is at stake. Political disputes
invariably mix facts with values, however, and then it is essential to listen to what people are saying rather than merely note how they are voting. The great challenge is how to implement that deliberative ideal among millions of people at once. In this strikingly original book, Goodin offers a
solution: 'democratic deliberation within'. Building on models of ordinary conversational dynamics, he suggests that people simply imagine themselves in the position of various other people they have heard or read about and ask, 'What would they say about this proposal?' Informing the democratic
imaginary then becomes the key to making deliberations more reflective - more empathetic, more considered, more expansive across time and distance.
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | History & Theory - General
- Philosophy | Political
Dewey: 321.8
LCCN: 2003545110
Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.5" W x 9.42" L (1.23 lbs) 292 pages
Features: Index
 
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Democracy used to be seen as a relatively mechanical matter of merely adding up everyone's votes in free and fair elections. That mechanistic model has many virtues, among them allowing democracy to 'track the truth', where purely factual issues are all that is at stake. Political disputes
invariably mix facts with values, however, and then it is essential to listen to what people are saying rather than merely note how they are voting. The great challenge is how to implement that deliberative ideal among millions of people at once. In this strikingly original book, Goodin offers a
solution: 'democratic deliberation within'. Building on models of ordinary conversational dynamics, he suggests that people simply imagine themselves in the position of various other people they have heard or read about and ask, 'What would they say about this proposal?' Informing the democratic
imaginary then becomes the key to making deliberations more reflective - more empathetic, more considered, more expansive across time and distance.
 
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