Deliberative Democracy: Essays on Reason and Politics

by James Bohman (Editor), Joshua Cohen (Editor), William Rehg (Editor)

The anthology opens with four key essays - by Jon Elster, Jurgen Habermas, Joshua Cohen, and John Rawls - that helped establish the current inquiry into deliberative models of democracy. The nine essays that follow represent the latest efforts of leading democratic theorists to tackle various problems of deliberative democracy. All the contributions address tensions that arise between reason and politics in a democracy inspired by the ideal of achieving reasoned agreement among free and equal citizens. Although the authors approach the topic of deliberation from different perspectives, they all aim to provide a theoretical basis for a more robust democratic practice.

Genres: Philosophy

Unknown Binding

First published November 7, 1997

Reviews

[Bernhard Nickel · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great collection of classic statements (Rawls, Cohen, Habermas, Elster) and some contemporary papers.