The Deliberative Democracy Handbook: Strategies for Effective Civic Engagement in the Twenty-First Century
John Gastil
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Description for The Deliberative Democracy Handbook: Strategies for Effective Civic Engagement in the Twenty-First Century
Paperback. The Deliberative Democracy Handbook is a terrific resource for democratic practitioners and theorists alike. It combines rich case material from many cities and types of institutional settings with careful reflection on core principles. It generates hope for a renewed democracy, tempered with critical scholarship and political realism. Editor(s): Gastil, John; Levine, Peter. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 183 x 18. Weight in Grams: 614.
The Deliberative Democracy Handbook is a terrific resource for democratic practitioners and theorists alike. It combines rich case material from many cities and types of institutional settings with careful reflection on core principles. It generates hope for a renewed democracy, tempered with critical scholarship and political realism. Most important, this handbook opens a spacious window on the innovativeness of citizens in the U.S. (and around the world) and shows how the varied practices of deliberative democracy are part of a larger civic renewal movement.
The Deliberative Democracy Handbook is a terrific resource for democratic practitioners and theorists alike. It combines rich case material from many cities and types of institutional settings with careful reflection on core principles. It generates hope for a renewed democracy, tempered with critical scholarship and political realism. Most important, this handbook opens a spacious window on the innovativeness of citizens in the U.S. (and around the world) and shows how the varied practices of deliberative democracy are part of a larger civic renewal movement.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
338
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781118105108
SKU
V9781118105108
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About John Gastil
John Gastil is associate professor of communication at the University of Washington. He has collaborated with members of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium (DDC), the National Coalition of Dialogue and Deliberation (NCDD), AmericaSpeaks, and the Kettering Foundation's National Issues Forums. He is the author of Democracy in Small Groups and By Popular Demand. Peter Levine is deputy director of the Center ... Read more
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