Designing Deliberative Democracy by Mark E Warren
Is it possible to advance democracy by empowering ordinary citizens to make key decisions about the design of political institutions and policies? In 2004, the government of British Columbia embarked on a bold democratic experiment: it created an assembly of 160 near-randomly selected citizens to assess and redesign the province's electoral system. The British Columbia Citizens' Assembly represents the first time a citizen body has had the power to reform fundamental political institutions. It was an innovative gamble that has been replicated elsewhere in Canada and in the Netherlands, and is gaining increasing attention in Europe as a democratic alternative for constitution-making and constitutional reform. In the USA, advocates view citizens' assemblies as a means for reforming referendum processes. This book investigates the citizens' assembly in British Columbia to test and refine key propositions of democratic theory and practice.-
Deliberative Policy Analysis
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Institutional Design in Post-Communist Societies
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Democratic Innovations
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Exits, Voices and Social Investment
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Democratic Devices and Desires
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Critical Elitism
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Deliberative Politics in Action
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Putting Trust in the US Budget
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Policy-Making and Diversity in Europe
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The Quest for Responsibility
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Post-Communist Democratization
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The Politics of Quasi-Government
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Democracy in Divided Societies
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The Political Institution of Private Property
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Social Traps and the Problem of Trust
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Deliberative Systems
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The Theory of Institutional Design
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Environmental Dilemmas and Policy Design
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Corporations, Crime and Accountability
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Just Institutions Matter
'The British Columbia Citizens' Assembly is a pivotal event in the history of deliberative democracyThe distinguished contributors to this book do the Assembly full justice with close analysis, insightful commentary and critical scrutiny, drawing lessons applicable to democratic reformers everywhere.' John S. Dryzek, Australian National University
'British Columbia's Citizens Assembly was a unique and important experiment in citizen political participation and democratic reform. Designing Deliberative Democracy provides a very rich account of the process from the perspective of the participants, the general public and democratic theory. This book presents convincing evidence of the quality of the CA's deliberations and draws out the important implications for our theories of deliberative democracy.' Russell J. Dalton, University of California, Irvine
'British Columbia's Citizens Assembly was a unique and important experiment in citizen political participation and democratic reform. Designing Deliberative Democracy provides a very rich account of the process from the perspective of the participants, the general public and democratic theory. This book presents convincing evidence of the quality of the CA's deliberations and draws out the important implications for our theories of deliberative democracy.' Russell J. Dalton, University of California, Irvine
Mark E. Warren holds the Harold and Dorrie Merilees Chair for the Study of Democracy and is Academic Director of the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions at the University of British Columbia. Hilary Pearse is a Ph.D. candidate and Commonwealth Scholar in the Department of Political Science at the University of British Columbia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521885072 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521885078 |
| Title | Designing Deliberative Democracy |
| Author | Mark E Warren |
| Series | Theories Of Institutional Design |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2008-02-07 |
| Number of pages | 252 |
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