The Australian Citizens’ Parliament and the Future of Deliberative Democracy (Hardcover)

Growing numbers of scholars, practitioners, politicians, and citizens recognize the value of deliberative civic engagement processes that enable citizens and governments to come together in public spaces and engage in constructive dialogue, informed discussion, and decisive deliberation. This book seeks to fill a gap in empirical studies in deliberative democracy by studying the assembly of the Australian Citizens’ Parliament (ACP), which took place in Canberra on February 6–8, 2009. The ACP addressed the question “How can the Australian political system be strengthened to serve us better?� The ACP’s Canberra assembly is the first large-scale, face-to-face deliberative project to be completely audio-recorded and transcribed, enabling an unprecedented level of qualitative and quantitative assessment of participants’ actual spoken discourse. Each chapter reports on different research questions for different purposes to benefit different audiences. Combined, they exhibit how diverse modes of research focused on a single event can enhance both theoretical and practical knowledge about deliberative democracy.

General

Imprint:	Pennsylvania State University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Rhetoric and Democratic Deliberation
Release date:	August 2013
First published:	September 2013
Editors:	Lyn Carson (Professorial Fellow) • John Gastil • Janette Hartz-Karp • Ron Lubensky
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-271-06012-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Civil rights & citizenship
LSN:	0-271-06012-3
Barcode:	9780271060125

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